CN205104960U - A supplementary electronic equipment for wearable electronic equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to a supplementary electronic equipment for wearable electronic equipment. Include: the casing that has the first surface, the configuration is for making the associated mechanism that the basal surface is adjacent of first surface and wearable equipment to wearable electronic equipment with the casing is associated, and it is including the first and second relative flanges that are connected to the casing, and wherein each is stuck out in the first surface top of casing orientation each other, the electric power transmitting element, including battery and transmitting coil, the coil by place with the first surface adjacent with when equipment is coupled to wearable electronic equipment with electric power receiving element in receiving coil align and send electric power to its wirelessly. This problem the that disclose solution of embodiment provides associated on to it the supplementary electronic equipment in order to charge when wearable equipment is dressed by the user for it. The battery charging outfit with the power that sends electric power to it and charge for wearable equipment including the charging circuit system that is connected to wearable equipment is provided according to this usage that disclose an embodiment.

Description

For the auxiliary electronic equipment of wearable electronic

Technical field

The utility model relate generally to wearable electronic.More specifically, embodiments more of the present utility model relate to when wearable device is dressed by user, can be attached to wearable electronic and charge to it and/or provide the equipment of additional function to wearable electronic.

Background technology

Be recently developed various wearable electronic, it comprises one or more transducer with the various features of the environment measured wearable electronic and operate wherein.Such as, to may be worn in user's wrist and to become more and more popular than being used as much more electronic equipment that simple time object does.This equipment can comprise display with instruction time and date.Equipment can also comprise accelerometer and the one or more transducers enabling user follow the tracks of the body-building feature relevant with health, healthy relevant feature such as heart rate, blood pressure, body temperature and out of Memory.Equipment also comprises usually to the rechargeable battery of the power electronic equipment in equipment.

Battery life is important Consideration for this wearable device, because equipment possibly cannot normally work when not having enough battery electric powers.Rechargeable battery wherein in wearable device can be by connecting devices to special charger, such as Docking station or cradle by a kind of method of charging, and this is almost identical with the mode that user can charge to smart phone or laptop computer.This charging method work obtains very well, but some users may prefer to dress its wearable electronic all day and equipment can not be taken off time for utilizing Docking station or similar devices to charge the battery.In addition, some functions performed by any given wearable electronic may be limited or optimised, make other hardware based on particular sensor, Circuits System and the electronic equipment as manufacture, when equipment is dressed by user, function can be performed best.

Utility model content

The object of one of them embodiment of the present utility model is to provide and is attachable to wearable electronic with the auxiliary electronic equipment charged to wearable device when wearable device is dressed by user.Such as, provide a kind of auxiliary electronic equipment in one embodiment, it is suitable for charging the spitting image of the battery of the wearable electronic of wrist-watch to being worn in user's wrist.Auxiliary electronic equipment can be attached to wearable electronic, fits between the basal surface of wearable device and user's wrist.Auxiliary electronic equipment can comprise power supply, and it can be connected to the charging circuit system of wearable device and charge to the battery of wearable device when charging circuit system sends electric power to be dressed by user at wearable device and to use.

According to an aspect of the present disclosure, provide a kind of auxiliary electronic equipment for wearable electronic, it is characterized in that, described auxiliary electronic equipment comprises: the housing with first surface; Be configured to housing to be attached to wearable electronic and make the attachment mechanism that the basal surface of first surface and wearable electronic is adjacent, described attachment mechanism comprises the first relative flange and the second flange that are connected to housing, and each in the first and second flanges is given prominence to toward each other above the first surface of housing; Electric power transmitting element in housing, described electric power transmitting element comprises battery and transmitting coil, described transmitting coil is placed with first surface adjacent, when being operationally coupled to wearable electronic with convenient auxiliary electronic equipment, aliging with the receiving coil in the power reception unit of wearable electronic and wirelessly send electric power to it.

According to an embodiment, described electric power transmitting element also comprises the connector enabling auxiliary electronic equipment be connected to external power source.

According to an embodiment, described auxiliary electronic equipment also comprises the lens through casing depth, wherein said lens are placed on housing, to align with the transducer in wearable electronic, make when auxiliary electronic equipment is operationally coupled to wearable electronic, described transducer can scioptics operation.

According to an embodiment, described housing has the shape of the rectangle with fillet, and the length of described housing is less than 50 millimeters, and the degree of depth that the width of described housing is less than 42 millimeters and described housing is the order of magnitude or less than its order of magnitude of its width or length.

According to an embodiment, described auxiliary electronic equipment also comprises the first groove of the formation adjacent with the second flange with the first flange respectively and the second groove and is suitable for holding described flange, can be attached to auxiliary electronic equipment to make it possible to the belt be fixed to by auxiliary electronic equipment in user's wrist.

According to an embodiment, the concave shape at least partially with the projection of the basal surface following wearable electronic of first surface.

According to an embodiment, described wearable electronic is configured to pass the wrist that belt is attached to user, and described auxiliary electronic equipment is configured to be placed between wearable electronic and the wrist of user.

According to an embodiment, described auxiliary electronic equipment also comprises at least one transducer being configured to catch the information relevant with its environment, and is configured to the communication circuitry information of catching being sent to wearable electronic.

According to another aspect of the present disclosure, provide a kind of auxiliary electronic equipment for wearable electronic, it is characterized in that, described wearable electronic comprises the first groove and the second groove, each groove is configured to the flange accepting to be attached to belt, wearable electronic can be fixed in the wrist of user again by wherein said belt, and described auxiliary electronic equipment comprises: size and dimension is adjusted to the housing fitted in when wearable electronic is dressed by user between wearable electronic and user's wrist; Electric power transmitting element, described electric power transmitting element is positioned at housing and is configured to wirelessly send electric power when auxiliary electronic equipment is operationally coupled to wearable electronic to wearable electronic; And attachment mechanism, described attachment mechanism comprises and is configured to fit in the first groove and the first relative component in the second groove and second component respectively, so that housing is attached to wearable electronic, wherein wearable electronic is configured to, when equipment is dressed by user, auxiliary electronic equipment is attached to wearable electronic.

According to an embodiment, described attachment mechanism also comprises size and dimension and is adjusted to the 3rd groove and the 4th groove that are similar to the first groove and the second groove respectively, to make belt to be attached to auxiliary electronic equipment, described 3rd groove is placed with adjacent with the first flange and described 4th groove and is placed with adjacent with the second flange.

According to an embodiment, the line dividing the opening of each in the 3rd groove and the 4th groove equally has angle relative to the upper surface of auxiliary electronic equipment, and described angle is similar to identical with the angle that each flange extends from described upper surface.

According to an embodiment, 3rd groove and the 4th groove are placed with and make when belt is attached to auxiliary electronic equipment, and the length of the ring formed between belt and auxiliary electronic equipment is within the 10mm of the length of the ring formed between belt and wearable electronic when belt is attached to wearable electronic.

According to an embodiment, when auxiliary electronic equipment is operationally coupled to wearable electronic and is dressed by user, described housing is placed between wearable electronic and the wrist of user.

According to another aspect of the present disclosure, provide a kind of auxiliary electronic equipment for wearable electronic, it is characterized in that, in the wrist that described wearable electronic can be attached to user by belt and the first groove be included on the opposite end of wearable electronic and the second groove, each groove is configured to the flange accepting to be attached to belt, wearable electronic can be fixed in the wrist of user again by wherein said belt, and described auxiliary electronic equipment comprises: the housing with first surface, attachment mechanism, described attachment mechanism comprises and is separately placed in the first groove and the second groove and is configured to fit in the first groove and the first relative component in the second groove and second component, so that described housing is attached to wearable electronic, auxiliary electronic equipment and wearable electronic both can be dressed by user, and electric power transmitting element, described electric power transmitting element comprises battery and transmitting coil, described transmitting coil is placed to first surface adjacent, when being attached to wearable electronic with convenient auxiliary electronic equipment by attachment mechanism, align with the receiving coil in the power reception unit of wearable electronic and wirelessly send electric power to it, wherein when housing is attached to wearable electronic by attachment mechanism and wearable electronic to be attached to the wrist of user by belt, described transmitting coil is placed between wearable electronic and the wrist of user.

According to an embodiment, belt is separated with auxiliary electronic equipment; And described auxiliary electronic equipment also comprises size and dimension and is adjusted to the 4th groove that the 3rd groove of the first groove be similar in wearable electronic and size and dimension are adjusted to the 3rd groove be similar in wearable electronic.

Comprise the electric power transmitting element in housing, housing according to a kind of auxiliary electronic equipment of embodiment and be configured to be attached to by charger when equipment is dressed by user the attachment mechanism of wearable device.Electric power transmitting element can be configured to the power reception unit wirelessly electric power being sent to wearable electronic.In certain embodiments, electric power transmitting element comprises battery and transmitting coil, and transmitting coil is placed on and aligns with the receiving coil in power reception unit when charger is operationally coupled to wearable electronic.Electric power transmitting element can also comprise enables auxiliary electronic equipment receive the connector of electric power from external power source.

In certain embodiments, auxiliary electronic equipment can also comprise pair of flanges, and it extends from the opposite end of housing towards the center of equipment charger above housing, and is suitable for fitting in the corresponding recesses of wearable electronic.Equally, auxiliary electronic equipment can also comprise one or more lens, extends through housing between its top surface at housing and basal surface.Described one or more lens can be placed on shell, to align with the transducer in wearable electronic, the transducer when auxiliary equipment is operationally coupled to wearable electronic can be operated by one or more lens.

In certain embodiments, provide the auxiliary electronic equipment be suitable for the wearable electronic charging with the first groove and the second groove, wherein the first groove and the second groove are formed in the housing of the electronics device, wherein each groove is configured to the flange accepting to be attached to belt, and wherein wearable electronic can be fixed to again the wrist of user by belt.The first flange that equipment charger comprises wireless power transmitting element in housing, housing, extend from the first end of housing and second flange relative with first end extended from the second end of housing.Equipment charger can also comprise size and dimension and be adjusted to three groove similar with the first groove in wearable electronic and size and dimension is adjusted to four groove similar with the 3rd groove in wearable electronic.When auxiliary electronic equipment is operationally coupled to wearable electronic and is dressed by user, housing is placed between wearable electronic and the wrist of user.In certain embodiments, 3rd groove and the 4th groove are placed on and make when belt is attached to auxiliary electronic equipment, within the length of the ring formed between belt and charger is 10 millimeters of the length of the ring formed between belt and wearable electronic when belt is attached to wearable electronic.In addition, in certain embodiments, housing has substantially rectangular shape, and it has fillet, is less than the length of 50 millimeters, is less than the width of 42 millimeters and 10 millimeters or less thickness.

Embodiments more of the present utility model relate to and are attached to wearable electronic when wearable electronic is dressed by user and provide additional function for wearable electronic thus increase and/or the auxiliary electronic equipment of expansion equipment ability.Such as, in one embodiment, the auxiliary electronic equipment that GPS function is provided to wearable electronic is provided.Described auxiliary electronic equipment comprises power supply, gps receiver and the Circuits System be associated and the gps data received by gps receiver can be sent to the communication circuitry of wearable electronic.In another kind of embodiment, except increase and/or expansion equipment ability except, auxiliary electronic equipment also comprises the charging circuit system that can be connected to wearable device and sends electric power with the power supply charged to the battery of wearable device to charging circuit system.

Some wherein wearable electronic have in the embodiment of the first groove and the second groove, wherein the first groove and the second groove are formed and each groove part is configured to accept to be attached to the flange of belt in the shell of equipment, wherein wearable electronic can be fixed to again the wrist of user by belt, in these embodiments, auxiliary electronic equipment comprises housing, supplements the electronic unit of the function of wearable electronic and be configured to be attached to by auxiliary electronic equipment when wearable device is dressed by user the attachment mechanism of wearable device in housing.When auxiliary electronic equipment is operationally coupled to wearable electronic and is dressed by user, housing is placed between wearable electronic and the wrist of user.In certain embodiments, electronic unit comprises at least one transducer and data can be sent to the communication circuitry of wearable electronic from least one transducer.In certain embodiments, attachment mechanism comprises the first flange extended from the first end of housing, and from the second flange that the second end of housing extends relative to first end.Auxiliary electronic equipment can also comprise size and dimension and be adjusted to three groove similar with the first groove in wearable electronic and size and dimension is adjusted to four groove similar with the 3rd groove in wearable electronic.

There is provided according to a technique effect of an embodiment of the present disclosure and can comprise the charging circuit system that can be connected to wearable device to send electric power to charging circuit system and the charging device of the power supply charged to the battery of wearable device.

Accompanying drawing explanation

The following specifically describes and together provide better understanding to character of the present utility model and advantage together with accompanying drawing, wherein identical in accompanying drawing label is used in multiple figure sometimes to indicate similar or identical structural detail.

Fig. 1 is the simplification front perspective view of the wearable electronic of the type that the utility model embodiment can therewith use;

Fig. 2 is the simplification rear perspective view of the wearable electronic shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is the block diagram of inductive charge circuit system in the wearable electronic shown in Fig. 1 and 2 and associated circuitry;

Fig. 4 is the simplified side view of the wearable electronic charger according to a kind of embodiment of the utility model;

Fig. 5 is the simplification vertical view of the wearable electronic charger shown in Fig. 4;

Fig. 6 is the simplification upward view of the wearable electronic charger shown in Fig. 4;

Fig. 7 is shown in Figure 4 and 5, is operably connected to the simplified side view of the wearable electronic charger of the wearable electronic shown in Fig. 1 and 2;

Fig. 8 is the block diagram of the Circuits System in wearable electronic charger according to the utility model embodiment;

Fig. 9 is the simplified side view of the wearable electronic charger according to the another kind of embodiment of the utility model;

Figure 10 is the simplification vertical view of the wearable electronic charger according to the embodiment shown in Fig. 9;

Figure 11 is the schematic diagram of the wearable electronic that the utility model embodiment can therewith use;

Figure 12 is the simplified side view of the wearable auxiliary electronic equipment according to the another kind of embodiment of the utility model; And

Figure 13 is the schematic diagram of the wearable auxiliary electronic equipment of the another kind of embodiment also had according to the utility model.

Now with detailed reference to representational embodiment shown in the accompanying drawings.Should be appreciated that description is not below embodiment will be limited to any specific preferred embodiment.On the contrary, it is intended to contain as the refill in the spirit and scope of embodiment as described in can being included in as defined by the appended claims, amendment and equivalent.

Embodiment

To the cross reference of related application

This application claims the U.S. non-provisional application No.14/632 submitted on February 26th, 2015, the rights and interests of 924, it requires the U.S. Provisional Application No.62/057 submitted on September 30th, 2014, the priority of 531, its full content is incorporated into this by reference, for all objects.

Embodiments more of the present utility model relate to can working as when wearable electronic is dressed by user and are attached to wearable electronic with the auxiliary electronic equipment charged to wearable device, and therefore can be called as " charger " or " charging device ".Charging device can comprise the charging circuit system that can be connected to wearable device to send electric power and the power supply charged to the battery of wearable device to charging circuit system.

Embodiment of the present utility model can operate together with one or more wearable electronic.A kind of example of suitable wearable electronic illustrates in fig 1 and 2 and takes the form of wearable electronic 100.As shown, wearable electronic 100 comprises shell 102, and it holds display 104 and various input equipment, comprises rotating disk 106 and button 108.

The wrist that equipment 100 can be worn on user is fixed to wrist by belt 110.Belt 110 is included in the flange 112a of belt opposite end, 112b, and they are adaptive and allow belt 110 to be attached to shell 102 with being removed in each groove of shell or opening 114a, 114b.Flange 112a, 112b can be parts for belt 110 or can be can be separated (and/or being separated with belt) from belt.Usually, flange can be locked into groove 114a, in 114b, thus maintains the connection between belt and shell 102.User can unlock mechanism's (not shown), to skid off or otherwise shift out to allow flange from groove.In some wearable devices, groove can be formed in belt and flange can be attached or be attached in shell.

Shell 102 also holds electronic circuit system (not shown in Fig. 1 or 2), comprises processor and communication circuitry, together with the transducer 122,124 be exposed on the basal surface 120 of shell 102.Circuits System, transducer, display and input equipment make wearable electronic 100 can perform various function, include but not limited to: punctual; The physiological signal of supervisory user also provides the information relevant with health based on those signals; Communicate (in a wired or wireless manner) with other electronic equipment; There is provided prompting to user, it can comprise audio frequency, sense of touch, vision and/or other sense organ export, wherein any one or all these can carry out synchronized with each other; Visually describe data over the display; Can be used for starting from one or more sensor collection, control or the data of operation of amendment equipment; The amount of power determined touch location in equipment surface and/or apply on equipment, and use any one or both are as input; Accept phonetic entry to control one or more function; Accept sense of touch input and control one or more function; Etc..

The battery (not shown in Fig. 1 or 2) of shell 102 inside is powered to wearable electronic 100.Battery can be recharged by external power source, and wearable electronic 100 can comprise Circuits System, described Circuits System is configured to be used as the receiver in Wireless power transmission system, and wherein Wireless power transmission system comprises the electric power transmit block sending electric power and the power receiver parts receiving electric power.An example of Wireless power transmission system is induction power transmission system.In induction power transmission system, power receiver electronic equipment comprises or otherwise combines the induction power receiving element being configured to wirelessly receive electric power and/or charge to one or more internal cell.Similarly, charging device (that is, electric power transmit block) comprises or otherwise combines the induction power transmitting element being configured to wirelessly be sent to by electric power power receiver electronic equipment.

Fig. 3 is the block diagram of the induction power receiving-member 300 in shell 102, wherein, when induction power receiving-member 300 is operationally coupled with suitable induction power transmit block, charges to the battery 302 in shell 102.Battery 302 is operationally connected to receiving coil 304 through power regulation circuit system 306.Receiving coil 304 can be coupled to the transmitting coil of charging device sensedly, with wirelessly receive electric power from charging device and through power regulation circuit system 304 by the power delivery that receives to the battery 302 in equipment 100.Power regulation circuit system 304 can be configured to the direct current be converted to by the alternating current received by receiving coil 304 for being used by other parts of equipment.Processing unit 310 can guide electric power, to perform or to coordinate one or more functions of the equipment 100 of usually being powered by battery 302 through one or more wired circuit under the proper procedure of executive resident in memory 312.

Fig. 4 is according to the simplified side view of the utility model embodiment, wearable auxiliary equipment 400, and this auxiliary equipment can be used for charging to the wearable electronic of the equipment 100 such as shown in Fig. 1 and 2.Fig. 5 and 6 is simplification top and bottom perspective views of charger 400.Auxiliary equipment 400 can comprise the relative thin and usually smooth housing 402 that are attachable to shell 102.Housing 402 holds can send electric power with the power supply 404 to the rechargeable battery in wearable electronic or other power source charges to equipment 100.

Housing 402 can be made up of noncorrosive, chemical-resistant material, and this material can bear the temperature fluctuation that auxiliary equipment 400 will suffer in typical case uses.In various embodiments, housing 402 can be made up of rigid material, such as metal, plastics; Can be made up of flexible material, such as rubber or silicones; Or can be made up of the combination of these materials or other suitable material.In certain embodiments, housing 402 can be made into be used as radiator, and it dissipates from the Circuits System in housing 402 and/or the heat from wearable electronic 100 generation.Such as, housing 402 can be designed as by the side 407 of housing instead of can and the top surface 405 of user's skin contact or basal surface 409 heat dissipation.In a specific example, housing 402 can comprise the high conductivity material be exposed on side 407, such as graphite, copper etc. and near the low thermal conductivity material on the basal surface 409 of user's skin, such as pottery or silicon.In addition, in certain embodiments, housing 402 can comprise electromagnetic shielding, and it stops RF radiation and/or guide this radiation away from basal surface 409, and thus away from the skin of user.

In certain embodiments, housing 402 can be waterproof, its can waterproof at least 5 meters dark, at least 10 meters dark or until the degree of depth of deep sea diving, such as 300 meters.In certain embodiments, can make the size of housing 402 be similar in length and width dimensions charger 400 be suitable for charge wearable electronic 100.Such as, wearable electronic 100 has in a kind of embodiment of the length of about 38 millimeters and the width of about 32.4 millimeters wherein, and housing 402 can have the length (and in some cases between 30 and 46 millimeters) that is less than 46 millimeters and be less than the width (and in some cases between 26 and 38 millimeters) of 38 millimeters.Electronic equipment 100 has in the another kind of embodiment of the length of about 42 millimeters and the width of about 36.4 millimeters wherein, and housing 402 can have the length (and in some cases between 34 and 50 millimeters) that is less than 50 millimeters and be less than the width (and in some cases between 30 and 42 millimeters) of 42 millimeters.Housing 402 also can be relatively thin, makes when equipment 100 is worn that it cosily can be dressed by user.Wearable electronic 100 is in a kind of embodiment of about 12.6 millimeters thick wherein, and housing 402 can have the thickness (D) between 2 to 10 millimeters, as shown in Figure 4.In certain embodiments, the thickness (D) of housing 402 is at least have substantially rectangular shape with fillet than the length of housing or the little order of magnitude of width and/or housing 402.

In the embodiment depicted, auxiliary equipment 400 is attached to shell 102 to be attachable to the substantially the same mode of shell 102 with belt 110.Specifically, charger 400 comprises the first and second flange 406a, 406b, and its upper surface 405 from housing is outstanding in opposite end.Each flange 406a, 406b give prominence to towards the center of housing 402 above surface 405, make two flanges facing with each other.Flange 406a, 406b can be adaptive and be locked in the groove 114a of equipment 100, in 114b, thus maintain the connection between auxiliary equipment 400 and shell 102.Flange 406a, 406b can be made up of the material identical with housing 402, or can be made from a variety of materials.In certain embodiments, flange 406a, 406b are made up of hard, firm metal, such as stainless steel.

Auxiliary equipment 400 also comprises and is placed on the first and second groove 408as adjacent with flange 406a, 406b respectively, 408b, and it imitates the groove 114a of shell 102,114b.Each groove 408a, 408b has opening, and the line wherein dividing opening equally has the approximately identical angle of the angles that extend from surface 405 with each flange 406a, 406b relative to surface 405, and in one embodiment, these angles are in five each other degree.Groove 408a, 408b make belt 110 can be attached to housing 402 instead of shell 102 through the flange 112a of belt, 112b.In certain embodiments, groove 408a, 408b are placed on and make belt 110 can be attached to charger 400, and position will be attached to groove 114a, the position that 114b is approximately identical with belt.Therefore, no matter belt is attached to charger 400 or is attached to shell 102, and the length of belt 110 all obtains identical adaptation by not needing to carry out adjustment on user.Such as, in one embodiment, when belt is attached to charger 400, within the length of ring formed between belt 110 and charger 400 is 10 millimeters of the length of the ring of the formation between belt 110 and shell 102 when belt is attached to shell.In another kind of embodiment, these two kinds of configurations have at the ring length each other within 5 millimeters.

In certain embodiments, auxiliary equipment 400 can comprise locking mechanism and relieving mechanism, can be fixed to wearable auxiliary equipment be easily separated with from wearable auxiliary equipment to make belt 110.Locking and relieving mechanism can operationally be coupled to groove 408a, 408b and with the locking that comprises in equipment 100 and relieving mechanism similar or identical.Because belt 110 easily can be separated from auxiliary equipment 400 with from shell 102, therefore user can change the combination of belt and/or shell, thus allows mixing and the coupling of this two kind.Auxiliary equipment 400 can work together with the various combination of shell with belt, and can be a part and the expansion of the ecosystem of belt and equipment, and wherein each is compatible each other.

The size and dimension of housing 402 makes housing 402 can be through between equipment and user's wrist below wearable device 100 near the lower surface of shell 102 in conjunction with flange 406a, 406b and groove 408a, 408b, goes out as shown in FIG. 7.Equipment 400 does not comprise the cavity or similar structures that surround wearable device 100 at upper surface 405.Therefore, the side 407 equipment 400 not existed above surface 405 extends to cover or the sidewall (or the side of the equipment 100 relative with side 702 is not shown in Figure 7) of side 702 of part overlay device 100.In order to by this way for equipment, auxiliary equipment 400 can be considered to " knapsack " dressed at its lower surface or the back side 120 by wearable electronic 100.In other embodiments, provide and and/or different attachment mechanism can be utilized to be attached to the wearable auxiliary equipment of wearable electronic at diverse location.Such as, in certain embodiments, auxiliary equipment can utilize and allow it to snap into one or more intermediate plates on equipment 100, allow its one or more magnet being magnetically fixed to equipment 100 or other mechanism or Mechanism Combination to be attached to wearable device.In addition, in certain embodiments, auxiliary equipment can be attached to the top surface of wearable device, and in other embodiments, auxiliary equipment can be attached to one or more side surfaces of wearable device.In other embodiment also had, housing 402 can comprise the cavity of adapting appts 100 at upper surface 405, wherein, form the sidewall of cavity and comprise otch, to make it possible to access other input feature vector part any that driver plate 106 and button 108 or equipment otherwise will be covered by sidewall.

Power supply 404 can be interchangeable battery, rechargeable battery or tie power supply (tetheredpowersource), its source from equipment 400 outside receives electric power, such as from USB cable, lightning (Lightening) cable or other wireline interface.Except power supply 404, charger 400 can also comprise in housing 402 enables auxiliary equipment to the Circuits System (not illustrating in figs. 4-6) of the battery wireless charging of the battery 302 of such as wearable device 100.Fig. 8 is the block diagram of the induction power transmit block 802 (being also referred to as " wearable electronic charger ") in wearable auxiliary equipment 800 according to the utility model embodiment, and it can be such as auxiliary equipment 400.As shown, charging unit 802 comprises power supply 804, and it can be power supply 404, and it is operationally coupled to transmitting coil 806 electric power is sent to wearable electronic 100 through electromagnetic induction or magnetic resonance.Transmitting coil 806 can be produce time dependent electromagnetic flux with the solenoid of the electric current in the solenoid (such as, coil 304) in induced electricity subset.Transmitting coil can send electric power in selected frequency or frequency band.In one example in which, although tranmitting frequency is fixed substantially, this is optional.Such as, transmission frequency can by the power transmission efficiency adjusting to improve to specific operation condition.More specifically, if annex needs more electric power, then high transmitting efficiency can be selected, and if annex needs less electric power, then low transmission frequency can be selected.In other example, send coil 806 and can produce electromagnetostatic field and physically can move, be shifted or otherwise change its position, to produce the electromagnetic flux of spatial variations to respond to the electric current in receiving coil.

When auxiliary equipment 800 is operationally attached to wearable electronic 100, equipment 100 can use the electric current received carry out the electric charge of its rechargeable battery supplementary or provide electric power to the functional unit be associated with this electronic equipment.Therefore, when auxiliary equipment 800 is operationally attached to wearable electronic 100, auxiliary equipment can wirelessly send the receiving coil 304 of electric power to electronic equipment in specific frequency through transmitting coil 806.

Transmitting coil 806 can be placed in the housing of auxiliary equipment 800, and make when charger 800 is operationally attached to wearable electronic 100, it aligns along common axle with the receiving coil 304 in wearable device 100.If misalignment, the power transmission efficiency so between transmitting coil and receiving coil can reduce along with the increase of alignment error.Comprise flange 404a when the Shell-Class of auxiliary equipment 800 is similar to, during the housing 402 of 404b, then when flange 404a, 404b are interlocked (interlocked) at groove 114a, time in 114b, correct alignment can be realized.

In certain embodiments, except flange 404a, outside 404b or replace flange 404a, one or more alignment supplemental characteristic parts of 404b can be incorporated in auxiliary equipment 800, so that transmitting and receiving coil is along the common axle alignment that can adopt.As an example, aim at magnet 808 and can be included in auxiliary equipment 800, it magnetically matches with the aligning magnet 308 of wearable device 100 so that correctly the aliging of auxiliary equipment 800 and equipment 100.In addition, the top surface of auxiliary equipment 800 and wearable device 100 and basal surface can cooperate to be convenient to alignment further respectively.Such as, in one embodiment, the basal surface of wearable device 100 is convex and the top surface of charger 800 (such as, surface 405) is recessed, follows the curvature identical with the basal surface of equipment 100.By this way, except flange 404a, one in 404b or both and/or aim at outside magnet 808, complementary geometry also can so that the alignment of equipment charger and wearable device.

Auxiliary equipment 800 also can comprise processor 810, and it can be used for controlling the operation of charger or coordinating one or more functions of charger.In certain embodiments, auxiliary equipment 800 can also comprise one or more transducer 812, to determine whether wearable electronic 100 exists and be ready to receive from charger the electric power sent.Such as, auxiliary equipment 800 can comprise optical pickocff, such as infrared proximity transducer.When auxiliary equipment 800 is attached to equipment 100, infrared proximity transducer can produce processor 810 and be used for the signal of the existence determining equipment 100.Processor 810 can use other method or structure to verify the existence of annex through transducer 812 alternatively.The example of different sensors that can be suitable for detecting or Authentication devices 100 exists can comprise mass sensor, mechanical interlocked, switch, button etc., Hall (Hall) effect sensor or other electronic sensor.Continue this example, after transducer 812 reporting facility 100 may exist, processor 810 can activate communication channel to attempt and communicate with equipment 100.

Embodiments more of the present utility model can comprise for charging and/or for the wireline interface with wearable electronic 100 swap data to battery 302.Wireline interface can be interface except wave point or replace wave point.Such as, in one embodiment, equipment 400 can be included in flange 112a, in 112b or near the contact of flange 112a, 112b, its size and position be adjusted to physically with electricity be coupled to one or more contacts in wearable electronic.Contact can comprise one or more power contacts, and one or more data contact, such as a pair differential data contact.In another kind of embodiment, one or more contact can on the upper surface of equipment 400 and be placed to physically with electricity be coupled to respective contacts on the basal surface of wearable device 100.Therefore, when equipment 400 is operationally attached to wearable device 100, contact is all invisible on any one equipment.

Fig. 9 is the simplified side view of the wearable auxiliary equipment 900 according to the another kind of embodiment of the utility model, and Figure 10 is the simplification vertical view of auxiliary equipment 900.Auxiliary equipment 900 is similar to auxiliary equipment 400, but comprises one or more lens 902, and it passes thickness of housing 402 and the optical pickocff when auxiliary equipment 900 is operably connected to equipment 100 in equipment 100 can correctly be worked.Such as, in the embodiment described in figures 9 and 10, auxiliary equipment 900 comprises two lens 902, wherein each lens and the transducer 122 in equipment 100, an alignment in 124.Transducer 122,124 can be the photodiode of one or more biometric measurements of such as infrared and visible LED and sensing user.When auxiliary equipment 900 uses and is dressed by user together with equipment 100, lens 902 make transducer 122,124 can from the skin capturing information of user, otherwise at the skin place of user, the housing 402 of auxiliary equipment 900 can disturb or prevent transducer to be used correctly.In certain embodiments, each lens 902 can amplify, expand or otherwise strengthen the ability of transducer 122,124 to catch this data.In the specific embodiment of another kind, on the basal surface 120 that four transducers are exposed to equipment 100 and auxiliary equipment 900 comprises four lens 902, each for a transducer.

As previously mentioned, embodiment of the present utility model, except being used for except specific Wrist-wearing electronic equipment charge discussed above, can also give the charging of various wearable electronic.Figure 11 is the schematic diagram of the wearable electronic 1100 that the utility model embodiment can therewith use, the equipment 100 such as shown in Fig. 1 and 2.Go out as shown in Figure 11, equipment 1100 comprises one or more processing unit 1102, and it is configured to access has instruction storage memory 1104 wherein.Instruction or computer program can be configured to perform about the one or more operation described by equipment 1100 or function.Such as, instruction can be configured to the operation of all parts of control or Mediation Device.These parts include but not limited to, display is stacking 1106, one or more input/output component 1108, one or more communication channel 1110, one or more transducer 1112, loud speaker 1114, microphone 1116 and/or one or more haptic feedback devices 1118.In certain embodiments, loud speaker and microphone can be incorporated in individual unit and/or can share public port by the housing of equipment.

The processing unit 1102 of Fig. 2 can be implemented as any electronic equipment that can process, receive or send data or instruction.Such as, processing unit 1102 can comprise following one or more: the combination of microprocessor, CPU (CPU), application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) (ASIC), digital signal processor (DSP) or these equipment.As described herein, term " processor " means the one or more computing elements comprising single processor or processing unit, multiple processor, multiple processing unit or other suitable configuration.

Display stacking 1106 can comprise the cladding element covering display, such as cover glass.Although cover glass not necessarily must be made up of glass, this is an option; It can be made up of sapphire, zirconia, aluminium oxide, chemical enhanced glass, rigid plastics etc.Similarly, display can be liquid crystal display, organic light emitting diode display or other suitable display technology any.In certain embodiments, except other element, display is stacking can also comprise backlight.Display is stacking also can comprise one or more touch sensor, to determine the position that cover glass touches.Touch sensor can be self-capacitance in certain embodiments, can be mutual capacitance in further embodiments, or its combination.

Similarly, equipment 1100 can comprise force snesor, to determine the amount of the power being applied to cover glass.Force snesor can be capacitive sensor in certain embodiments and can be strain transducer in other embodiments.In any one embodiment, force snesor is generally transparent and is made up of transparent material, or is positioned at below display or away from display, so that the view of not interferoscope.Force snesor such as can take the form of two capacitor boards be separated by silicones or other deformable material.Be close together because capacitor board is mobile under the effect of external force, therefore can measure the change of electric capacity and the value of the external force relevant to capacitance variations.In addition, changing by relatively coming multiple point or the relative capacity from multiple force snesor on force sensor, one or more positions of applying power can be determined.In one embodiment, force snesor can adopt the form of the packing ring extended in the below of display periphery.Depend on embodiment, packing ring can be segmented or as a whole.

Wearable electronic 1100 can also provide prompting to user.Prompting can in response to following and produce: the change (one of them example is electricity step-down) of equipment state; Equipment receives information (such as receiving message); Communication between equipment and another mechanism/equipment (such as notifying that this equipment has message waiting for or the equipment of the afoot another kind of type that communicates); The mode of operation (such as, as a part for game, or when calendar appointment is closed on) of application program or the mode of operation (such as when opening of device or when closing) of operating system; Etc..Various for the quantity of trigger of reminding and type and widely.

Prompting can be the sense of hearing, vision, sense of touch or its combination.Tactile actuator can be accommodated in equipment and can to export to produce sense of touch (although tactile actuator can be rotation or other type any in alternate embodiments) by Linear-moving.Loud speaker can provide the audio components of prompting and above-mentioned display can provide visual alerts composition.In certain embodiments, special light, display or other vision can be used to export composition as a part of reminding.

The sense of hearing reminded, sense of touch and/or the composition of vision can by synchronously, to provide comprehensive experience to user.One or more composition can postpone relative to other composition, to create the synchronous of expectation between which.Composition can carry out synchronously, make they substantially by while perception; As an example, sense of touch exports and can start before the sense of hearing exports a little, because sense of touch output can need the time more grown to perceive than audio frequency.As another example, sense of touch output (or its part) can start substantially before sense of hearing output, but obtained level inconspicuous with weak or even small, thus the pre-sharp wearer reception sense of hearing exports.

Exemplary electronic device can through communication channel 1110 by wired connection or wirelessly communicating with other electronic equipment.Data can be transmitted between devices, thus allow an equipment to pass on information to another equipment; Control another equipment; Utilize the transducer of another equipment, output and/or input; Etc..

Embodiments more of the present utility model can be charged to wearable device, such as equipment 100 or equipment 1100, as discussed above.In addition, embodiments more of the present utility model can replace to wearable device charging, or additionally, provide additional function to wearable device.Such as, in one embodiment, provide auxiliary electronic equipment, it can utilize any technology discussed above to be attached to wearable electronic and can additionally or replace providing GPS ability to equipment charge to wearable electronic.In other embodiments, above any transducer of discussing about Figure 11 or function can be comprised according to auxiliary electronic equipment of the present utility model, such as additional feeling function, one or more ECR transducer, one or more GSR transducer, etc.

Figure 12 is the simplified side view of the wearable auxiliary electronic equipment 1200 of the function increasing wearable electronic, and wherein wearable electronic is such as according to the equipment 100 that the utility model embodiment illustrates in fig 1 and 2.Go out as shown in Figure 12, equipment 1200 has the general form factor (formfactor) identical with the equipment 400 shown in Fig. 4.Therefore, the identical label used in the diagram to be used in Figure 12 to refer to identical parts, for simplicity, no longer discusses to it below.In other embodiments, equipment 1200 can have the form factor of equipment 900 shown in Figure 9 or diverse form factor.

Go out as shown in Figure 12, auxiliary equipment 1200 comprises optional feature 1202,1204,1206 and 1208, and wherein each can supplement the function that the one or more parts shown in Figure 11 provide for wearable device 1100.In certain embodiments, one or more in parts 1202,1204,1206 and 1208 can be environmental sensors, comprise electricity, machinery, dynamo-electric, light or other type sensor of the information relevant with the external condition around auxiliary equipment 1200 is provided, therefore, when equipment 1200 is operationally attached to wearable electronic 1100, also round equipment 1100.Such as, if specific wearable device does not comprise temperature sensor carry out measurement environment air themperature, then can comprise transducer 1202 according to the auxiliary electronic equipment 1200 of the utility model embodiment, it is temperature sensor.Similarly, if specific wearable device does not comprise loud speaker and/or microphone, then can comprise one or more audio frequency apparatus 1204 according to the auxiliary electronic equipment 1200 of the utility model embodiment provides this function.As another example also had, global positioning system (GPS) transducer 1206 can be included in housing 402, and it can be determined position based on the signal received from gps satellite and be that the wearable electronic without this transducer collects gps data.Auxiliary electronic equipment 1200 can provide any and all this sensing data collected through communication channel 1110 to wearable device 1100 by the communication channel provided by communication circuitry 1208, comprises gps data.The environmental sensor of any type and combination can be used as the one or more parts in parts 1202,1204,1206 and 1208.Other object lesson of appropriate sensor comprises the accelerometer that can such as utilize piezoelectricity or other parts of being combined with associated electronic device to produce signal to sense the acceleration (relative to free fall) along one or more axle; Can sensitive context magnetic field (such as, the magnetic field of the earth) produce and can be interpreted as the magnetometer of the corresponding electric signal in compass direction; The gyroscope of rotary motion in one or more directions can be sensed; Proximity transducer; Ambient light sensor; Physiology or biometric sensor, such as pulse transducer, ECG sensor; And other transducer.

Auxiliary electronic equipment 1200 can utilize wireline interface or wave point to communicate with equipment 1100.As an example, wired connection can be realized by coupling Male/female connector, wherein in Male/female connector, one on equipment 1100 and one on equipment 1200 (all not shown), when auxiliary electronic equipment 1200 is attached to equipment 1100, Male/female connector carry out physically with electricity combine.Auxiliary equipment 1200 is attached in some embodiments of the basal surface of equipment 1100 wherein, for equipment 1100 connector can connector on the basal surface of equipment and for auxiliary electronic equipment 1200 can at the top surface of auxiliary electronic equipment, make when two equipment are operably connected, two connectors are all invisible.As another example, wireless connections can utilize low power loss communication agreement, such as BTLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) agreement or other suitable agreement, realize between auxiliary electronic equipment 1200 and equipment 1100.Then processor 1102 can process to be collected by parts 1202,1204,1206 and 1208 and is sent to any sensing data of equipment 1100 (such as, based on the poll of stream or answer processor 1102 as expected) and on display stacking 1106, shows data and relevant information is checked for user.

Although not shown in Figure 12, equipment 1200 can comprise electric power transmit block, the such as above-mentioned power supply 404 that equipment 1200 can be charged to wearable electronic 1100, and other parts.Such as, although not shown in Figure 12, but equipment 1200 can comprise the various function of control appliance 1200 and the processor of feature and memory, the wherein memory storage computer-readable instruction that can be performed by processor and sensor information and/or other data.In various embodiments, auxiliary equipment 1200 can comprise some in parts 1202,1204,1206 and 1208, but be not each, and in other embodiments, equipment 1200 can comprise one or more parts in parts 1202,1204,1206 and 1208 and other parts.

Figure 13 is the schematic diagram of the auxiliary electronic equipment 1300 for wearable electronic according to the utility model embodiment, and it can be similar to equipment 1200.Go out as shown in Figure 13, auxiliary electronic equipment 1300 can comprise the processor 1300, the memory 1304 that are similar to the above processor 710 discussed about Fig. 8 and memory 812.Auxiliary electronic equipment 1300 can also comprise the electric power transmit block 1306 being similar to electric power transmit block 802 alternatively, and can comprise following any one or whole: one or more I/O parts 1308, transducer 1310, communication channel 1312, audio frequency apparatus 1314 and haptic apparatus 1316.I/O parts 1308, transducer 1310, communication channel 1312 and haptic apparatus 1316 can be the equipment of the above any same name discussed about wearable electronic 1100.Similarly, audio frequency apparatus 1314 can be about the one or more loud speaker described by loud speaker 1114 and microphone 1116 and/or microphone as above.When being included in auxiliary electronic equipment 1300, each in these optional features can n-back test, and this function supplements the function of the wearable electronic of auxiliary electronic equipment and its pairing.

In order to the object explained, description above employs specific term to provide the thorough understanding to described embodiment.But for a person skilled in the art, obviously, in order to put into practice described embodiment, concrete details is dispensable.Such as, although above-mentioned several specific embodiment of the present utility model uses and inductively carrys out wireless transmission electric power to wearable electronic, but the utility model is not limited to any specific wireless power transmission technology, and other near field or non-radiative wireless power transmission technology and radiated radio power transmission technology can use in certain embodiments.Therefore, the above description of specific embodiment described herein provides in order to the purpose of illustration and description.They are not for wanting limit or limiting implementations to disclosed precise forms.For those of ordinary skills will obviously, in view of above instruction, many modifications and variations are possible.

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1. for an auxiliary electronic equipment for wearable electronic, it is characterized in that, described auxiliary electronic equipment comprises:

There is the housing of first surface;

Be configured to housing to be attached to wearable electronic and make the attachment mechanism that the basal surface of first surface and wearable electronic is adjacent, described attachment mechanism comprises the first relative flange and the second flange that are connected to housing, and each in the first and second flanges is given prominence to toward each other above the first surface of housing;

Electric power transmitting element in housing, described electric power transmitting element comprises battery and transmitting coil, described transmitting coil is placed with first surface adjacent, when being operationally coupled to wearable electronic with convenient auxiliary electronic equipment, aliging with the receiving coil in the power reception unit of wearable electronic and wirelessly send electric power to it.

2. auxiliary electronic equipment as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, described electric power transmitting element also comprises the connector enabling auxiliary electronic equipment be connected to external power source.

3. auxiliary electronic equipment as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, described auxiliary electronic equipment also comprises the lens through casing depth, wherein said lens are placed on housing, to align with the transducer in wearable electronic, make when auxiliary electronic equipment is operationally coupled to wearable electronic, described transducer can scioptics operation.

4. auxiliary electronic equipment as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, described housing has the shape of the rectangle with fillet, and the length of described housing is less than 50 millimeters, the degree of depth that the width of described housing is less than 42 millimeters and described housing is the order of magnitude or less than its order of magnitude of its width or length.

5. auxiliary electronic equipment as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, described auxiliary electronic equipment also comprises the first groove of the formation adjacent with the second flange with the first flange respectively and the second groove and is suitable for holding described flange, can be attached to auxiliary electronic equipment to make it possible to the belt be fixed to by auxiliary electronic equipment in user's wrist.

6. auxiliary electronic equipment as claimed in claim 1, is characterized in that, the concave shape at least partially with the projection of the basal surface following wearable electronic of first surface.

7. auxiliary electronic equipment as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, described wearable electronic is configured to pass the wrist that belt is attached to user, and described auxiliary electronic equipment is configured to be placed between wearable electronic and the wrist of user.

8. auxiliary electronic equipment as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, described auxiliary electronic equipment also comprises at least one transducer being configured to catch the information relevant with its environment, and is configured to the communication circuitry information of catching being sent to wearable electronic.

9. the auxiliary electronic equipment for wearable electronic, it is characterized in that, described wearable electronic comprises the first groove and the second groove, each groove is configured to the flange accepting to be attached to belt, wearable electronic can be fixed in the wrist of user again by wherein said belt, and described auxiliary electronic equipment comprises:

Size and dimension is adjusted to the housing fitted in when wearable electronic is dressed by user between wearable electronic and user's wrist;

Electric power transmitting element, described electric power transmitting element is positioned at housing and is configured to wirelessly send electric power when auxiliary electronic equipment is operationally coupled to wearable electronic to wearable electronic; And

Attachment mechanism, described attachment mechanism comprises and is configured to fit in the first groove and the first relative component in the second groove and second component respectively, so that housing is attached to wearable electronic, wherein wearable electronic is configured to, when equipment is dressed by user, auxiliary electronic equipment is attached to wearable electronic.

10. auxiliary electronic equipment as claimed in claim 9, it is characterized in that, described attachment mechanism also comprises size and dimension and is adjusted to the 3rd groove and the 4th groove that are similar to the first groove and the second groove respectively, to make belt to be attached to auxiliary electronic equipment, described 3rd groove is placed with adjacent with the first flange and described 4th groove and is placed with adjacent with the second flange.

11. auxiliary electronic equipments as claimed in claim 10, it is characterized in that, the line dividing the opening of each in the 3rd groove and the 4th groove equally has angle relative to the upper surface of auxiliary electronic equipment, and described angle is identical with the angle that each flange extends from described upper surface.

12. auxiliary electronic equipments as claimed in claim 10, it is characterized in that, 3rd groove and the 4th groove are placed with and make when belt is attached to auxiliary electronic equipment, and the length of the ring formed between belt and auxiliary electronic equipment is within the 10mm of the length of the ring formed between belt and wearable electronic when belt is attached to wearable electronic.

13. auxiliary electronic equipments as claimed in claim 9, it is characterized in that, when auxiliary electronic equipment is operationally coupled to wearable electronic and is dressed by user, described housing is placed between wearable electronic and the wrist of user.

14. 1 kinds of auxiliary electronic equipments for wearable electronic, it is characterized in that, in the wrist that described wearable electronic can be attached to user by belt and the first groove be included on the opposite end of wearable electronic and the second groove, each groove is configured to the flange accepting to be attached to belt, wearable electronic can be fixed in the wrist of user again by wherein said belt, and described auxiliary electronic equipment comprises:

There is the housing of first surface;

Attachment mechanism, described attachment mechanism comprises and is separately placed in the first groove and the second groove and is configured to fit in the first groove and the first relative component in the second groove and second component, so that described housing is attached to wearable electronic, auxiliary electronic equipment and wearable electronic both can be dressed by user; And

Electric power transmitting element, described electric power transmitting element comprises battery and transmitting coil, described transmitting coil is placed to first surface adjacent, when being attached to wearable electronic with convenient auxiliary electronic equipment by attachment mechanism, align with the receiving coil in the power reception unit of wearable electronic and wirelessly send electric power to it, wherein when housing is attached to wearable electronic by attachment mechanism and wearable electronic to be attached to the wrist of user by belt, described transmitting coil is placed between wearable electronic and the wrist of user.

15. auxiliary electronic equipments as claimed in claim 14, is characterized in that:

Belt is separated with auxiliary electronic equipment; And

Described auxiliary electronic equipment also comprises size and dimension and is adjusted to the 4th groove that the 3rd groove of the first groove be similar in wearable electronic and size and dimension are adjusted to the 3rd groove be similar in wearable electronic.