KR102050600B1 - Wearable electronic device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a wearable electronic device, the wearable electronic device according to an aspect of the present invention further comprises a touch display; A rim surrounding the touch display; A rim touch sensor disposed on at least a portion of the rim; A band portion for allowing the wearable electronic device to be worn on the user's wrist; And a controller configured to receive a rim touch on the rim through the rim touch sensor and to generate a control signal for controlling the wearable electronic device based on at least one of the attributes of the rim touch. It may include.

Description

Wearable electronics {WEARABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE}

The present invention relates to a wearable electronic device, and more particularly, to a wearable electronic device that provides a more convenient user interface for controlling the operation of the wearable device.

Recently, the development of smart devices such as smart phones, smart watches and smart glasses has made a remarkable growth, providing a convenient environment for the public in daily life. In particular, smart watches are one of the most popular wearable devices.

By the way, the smart watch is developed to provide a user interface with a touch screen similar to the existing smart phone, the smart watch, unlike a smartphone or tablet PC, because the display screen is small When a user interface is simply provided using a touch input through a touch screen, the screen is covered by a user's finger or a touch pen, and thus, the user is very likely to feel uncomfortable.

In order to solve this problem, it is urgent to develop a more convenient and intuitive user interface that can be applied to a wearable device such as a smart watch.

One object of the present invention is to provide a wearable electronic device that provides a more convenient user interface for controlling the operation of the wearable device.

The problem to be solved by the present invention is not limited to the above-described problem, the objects that are not mentioned will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the present specification and the accompanying drawings. .

According to an aspect of the invention, there is also provided a touch display (touch display); A rim surrounding the touch display; A rim touch sensor disposed on at least a portion of the rim; A band portion for allowing the wearable electronic device to be worn on the user's wrist; And a controller configured to receive a rim touch on the rim through the rim touch sensor and to generate a control signal for controlling the wearable electronic device based on at least one of the attributes of the rim touch. A wearable electronic device may be provided.

According to another aspect of the invention, there is also provided a touch display (touch display); A rim surrounding the touch display; A rim touch sensor disposed on at least a portion of the rim; A band portion for allowing the wearable electronic device to be worn on the user's wrist; And through the rim touch sensor, receive a first rim touch and a second rim touch on the rim, and at least one of the attributes of the first rim touch and the second rim touch. The wearable electronic device may include a controller configured to generate a control signal for controlling the wearable electronic device based on at least one of the attributes of the rim touch.

Means for solving the problems of the present invention are not limited to the above-described solutions, and the solutions not mentioned will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the present specification and the accompanying drawings. Could be.

According to the present invention, a user input can be received without covering the display of the wearable device. In addition, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a user interface with increased user convenience and more intuitiveness.

The effects of the present invention are not limited to the above-described effects, and effects that are not mentioned will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the present specification and the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram of a wearable electronic device according to embodiments of the present invention.
2 is a schematic perspective view illustrating an appearance of a wearable electronic device according to embodiments of the present invention.
3 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a process of detecting a direction of a force by using the strength of the force according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the wearable electronic device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
5 to 9 are views for explaining the operation of the wearable electronic device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
10 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the wearable electronic device according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
11 is a view for explaining the operation of the wearable electronic device according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

Since the embodiments described herein are intended to clearly explain the spirit of the present invention to those skilled in the art, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described herein, and the present invention. The scope of should be construed to include modifications or variations without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The terminology used herein is a general term that has been widely used as far as possible in view of the functions of the present invention, but may vary according to the intention of a person of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs, custom or the emergence of a new technology. Can be. In contrast, when a specific term is defined and used in any meaning, the meaning of the term will be described separately. Therefore, the terms used in the present specification should be interpreted based on the actual meaning of the terms and the contents throughout the present specification, rather than simple names of the terms.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The drawings attached to the present specification are provided to easily explain the present invention, and the shapes shown in the drawings may be exaggerated and displayed as necessary to help the present invention.

In the present specification, when it is determined that a detailed description of a known configuration or function related to the present invention may obscure the gist of the present invention, a detailed description thereof will be omitted as necessary.

According to an aspect of the invention, there is also provided a touch display (touch display); A rim surrounding the touch display; A rim touch sensor disposed on at least a portion of the rim; A band portion for allowing the wearable electronic device to be worn on the user's wrist; And a controller configured to receive a rim touch on the rim through the rim touch sensor and to generate a control signal for controlling the wearable electronic device based on at least one of the attributes of the rim touch. A wearable electronic device may be provided.

In addition, the properties of the rim touch include rim touch position, rim touch duration time, rim touch rotating direction, rim touch pressure, and rim touch shear force direction. It may include at least one.

The control unit may receive a display touch through the touch display and generate a control signal for controlling the wearable electronic device based on at least one of the attributes of the display touch and the rim touch. have.

The controller may select at least one item displayed through the touch display based on the display touch, and add an item to be performed on the selected at least one item based on at least one of the attributes of the rim touch. The function may be selected, and a control signal corresponding to the selected item additional function may be generated.

The controller selects a screen to be displayed through the touch display based on the display touch, selects a screen additional function to be performed on the selected screen based on at least one of the attributes of the rim touch, And generating a control signal corresponding to the selected screen additional function.

The control unit selects a main function based on the display touch, selects one of a plurality of sub functions of the selected main function based on at least one of the attributes of the rim touch, and selects the selected sub function. It may be characterized by generating a control signal corresponding to the function.

The control unit selects a main function based on at least one of the attributes of the rim touch, selects one of a plurality of sub functions for the selected main function based on the display touch, and selects the selected sub function. It may be characterized by generating a control signal corresponding to the function.

According to another aspect of the invention, there is also provided a touch display (touch display); A rim surrounding the touch display; A rim touch sensor disposed on at least a portion of the rim; A band portion for allowing the wearable electronic device to be worn on the user's wrist; And through the rim touch sensor, receive a first rim touch and a second rim touch on the rim, and at least one of the attributes of the first rim touch and the second rim touch. The wearable electronic device may include a controller configured to generate a control signal for controlling the wearable electronic device based on at least one of the attributes of the rim touch.

In addition, the properties of the rim touch include rim touch position, rim touch duration time, rim touch rotating direction, rim touch pressure, and rim touch shear force direction. It may include at least one.

The controller may generate a control signal for controlling the wearable electronic device based on at least two of the first rim touch attributes and at least two of the attributes of the second rim touch.

When the first rotation direction of the first rim touch and the second rotation direction of the second rim touch are the same, the controller performs a first operation, and the first rotation direction and the second rotation direction are In the opposite case, the second operation may be performed.

When the first shear force direction of the first rim touch and the second shear force direction of the second rim touch are the same, the controller performs a third operation, and the first shear force direction and the second shear force direction are the same. When the shear force directions are different from each other, the fourth operation may be performed.

Hereinafter, a schematic description of the configuration of the wearable electronic device according to some embodiments of the present invention will be described first, and then, the operation of the wearable electronic device according to the embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail.

<Configuration of Wearable Electronics>

1 is a block diagram of a wearable electronic device according to embodiments of the present invention.

The wearable electronic device 100 may include a wireless communication unit 110, an A / V input unit 120, a user input unit 130, a sensing unit 140, an output unit 150, and a memory unit 160. , An interface unit 170, a controller 180, and a power supply unit 190 may be included. Since the components shown in FIG. 1 are not essential, wearable electronics having more or fewer components may be implemented.

Hereinafter, the components will be described in order.

The wireless communication unit 110 may include one or more modules that enable wireless communication between the wearable electronic device 100 and the wireless communication system or between a network in which the wearable electronic device 100 and the wearable electronic device 100 are located. . For example, the wireless communication unit 110 may include a broadcast receiving module 111, a mobile communication module 112, a wireless internet module 113, a short range communication module 114, a location information module 115, and the like. .

The broadcast receiving module 111 receives a broadcast signal and / or broadcast related information from an external broadcast management server through a broadcast channel.

The broadcast channel may include a satellite channel and a terrestrial channel. The broadcast management server may mean a server that generates and transmits a broadcast signal and / or broadcast related information or a server that receives a previously generated broadcast signal and / or broadcast related information and transmits the same to a terminal. The broadcast signal may include not only a TV broadcast signal, a radio broadcast signal, and a data broadcast signal, but also a broadcast signal having a data broadcast signal combined with a TV broadcast signal or a radio broadcast signal.

The broadcast related information may mean information related to a broadcast channel, a broadcast program, or a broadcast service provider. The broadcast related information may also be provided through a mobile communication network. In this case, it may be received by the mobile communication module 112.

The broadcast related information may exist in various forms. For example, it may exist in the form of Electronic Program Guide (EPG) of Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB) or Electronic Service Guide (ESG) of Digital Video BroadcastHandheld (DVBH).

The broadcast receiving module 111 receives a broadcast signal using various broadcasting systems, and in particular, Digital Multimedia Broadcasting Terrestrial (DMBT), Digital Multimedia Broadcasting Satellite (DMBS), Media Forward Link Only (MediaFLO), and Digital Video BroadcastHandheld (DVBH). ), A digital broadcast signal can be received using a digital broadcast system such as Integrated Services Digital Broadcast Terrestrial (ISDBT). Of course, the broadcast receiving module 111 may be configured to be suitable for not only the above-described digital broadcast system but also other broadcast system for providing a broadcast signal.

The broadcast signal and / or broadcast related information received through the broadcast receiving module 111 may be stored in the memory unit 160.

The mobile communication module 112 transmits and receives a wireless signal with at least one of a base station, an external terminal, and a server on a mobile communication network. The wireless signal may include various types of data according to transmission and reception of a voice call signal, a video call call signal, or a text / multimedia message.

The wireless internet module 113 refers to a module for wireless internet access, and the wireless internet module 113 may be built in or external to the wearable electronic device 100. Wireless Internet technologies may include Wireless LAN (WiFi), Wireless Broadband (Wibro), World Interoperability for Microwave Access (Wimax), High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA), and the like.

The short range communication module 114 refers to a module for short range communication. As a short range communication technology, Bluetooth, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), infrared data association (IrDA), Ultra Wideband (UWB), ZigBee, WiHD, WiGig, and the like may be used.

The location information module 115 is a module for checking or obtaining the location of the electronic device. A representative example of the location information module is a GPS (Global Position System) module. According to the current technology, the GPS module 115 calculates information about a distance of one point (object) away from three or more satellites, and information on a time at which the distance information is measured, and then calculates the calculated distance information. By applying the trigonometric method to, three-dimensional positional information according to latitude, longitude, and altitude of one point (object) at one time can be calculated. Furthermore, a method of calculating position and time information using three satellites and correcting the error of the calculated position and time information using another satellite is also used. The GPS module 115 may continuously calculate the current position in real time and use the same to calculate speed information.

Referring to FIG. 1, the A / V input unit 120 is for inputting an audio signal or a video signal, and may include a camera 121 and a microphone 122. The camera 121 processes image frames such as still images or moving images obtained by the image sensor in the video call mode or the photographing mode. The processed image frame may be displayed on the display unit 151.

The image frame processed by the camera 121 may be stored in the memory unit 160 or transmitted to the outside through the wireless communication unit 110. Two or more cameras 121 may be provided according to the configuration aspect of the wearable wearable electronic device 100.

The microphone 122 receives an external sound signal by a microphone in a call mode, a recording mode, a voice recognition mode, etc., and processes the external sound signal into electrical voice data. The processed voice data may be converted into a form transmittable to the mobile communication base station through the mobile communication module 112 and output in the call mode. The microphone 122 may implement various noise removing algorithms for removing noise generated in the process of receiving an external sound signal.

The user input unit 130 generates input data for the user to control the operation of the wearable wearable electronic device 100. The user input unit 130 may include a key pad dome switch, a touch pad (static pressure / capacitance), a jog wheel, a jog switch, and the like.

Meanwhile, the user input unit 130 may include a force direction sensor unit 131 capable of detecting a force direction of a touch and / or contact. The force direction sensor unit 131 detects the position of the touch and / or contact, which may be implemented by a general touch screen and / or touch pad, in particular, the force direction of the touch and / or contact. It may be a means for further sensing.

In the present invention, the term "force direction" refers to a concept that includes a shear force acting in a direction parallel to the touch surface, which cannot be detected by a conventional touch sensor. That is, the force direction sensor unit 131 according to an embodiment of the present invention may detect not only a force direction in a vertical direction with respect to the touch surface but also a direction of shear force acting in parallel with the touch surface.

The force direction sensor unit 131 may be manufactured in an integral form with respect to a conventional touch screen and configured to sense a touch and / or a touch on the touch screen, or a display of a wearable electronic device according to the present invention. It may be provided separately on the whole or part of the outer rim surrounding the part 151, and may be configured to detect a touch and / or contact with the rim. A detailed operation of the force direction sensor unit 131 will be described later.

The sensing unit 140 is a string of the wearable electronic device 100, such as an open / closed state of the wearable electronic device 100, a position of the wearable electronic device 100, presence or absence of a user contact, orientation of the electronic device, acceleration / deceleration of the electronic device, and the like. The sensing state generates a sensing signal for controlling the operation of the wearable electronic device 100. In addition, it may be responsible for sensing functions related to whether the power supply unit 190 is supplied with power, whether the interface unit 170 is coupled to an external device, and the like. Meanwhile, the sensing unit 140 may include an attitude sensor 141 and / or a proximity sensor 142. In addition, the sensing unit 140 may include a biosensor capable of measuring various bio signals of a user.

The output unit 150 is used to generate an output related to sight, hearing, or tactile sense, and includes a display unit 151, an audio output module 152, an alarm unit 153, and a haptic module 154. Can be.

The display unit 151 displays and outputs information processed by the wearable electronic device 100. For example, when the electronic device is in a call mode, the electronic device displays a user interface (UI) or a graphic user interface (GUI) related to the call. When the wearable electronic device 100 is in a video call mode or a photographing mode, the wearable electronic device 100 displays a photographed and / or received image, a UI, or a GUI.

The display unit 151 may be a liquid crystal display, a thin film transistor liquid crystal display, an organic light emitting diode, a flexible display, or a 3D display. It may include at least one.

Two or more display units 151 may exist according to the implementation form of the wearable electronic device 100. For example, in the wearable electronic device 100, a plurality of display units may be spaced apart from or integrally disposed on one surface, or may be disposed on different surfaces. Alternatively, the display unit 151 may be logically divided into two or more areas.

When the display unit 151 and a sensor for detecting a touch operation (hereinafter, referred to as a touch sensor) form a mutual layer structure (hereinafter, abbreviated as “touch screen”), the display unit 151 is an output device. It can also be used as an input device. The touch sensor may have, for example, a form of a touch film, a touch sheet, a touch pad, or the like.

The touch sensor may be configured to convert a change in pressure applied to a specific portion of the display unit 151 or capacitance generated in a specific portion of the display unit 151 into an electrical input signal.

If there is a touch input to the touch sensor, the corresponding signal (s) is sent to the touch controller. The touch controller processes the signal (s) and then transmits the corresponding data to the controller 180. As a result, the controller 180 can know which area of the display unit 151 is touched.

Referring to FIG. 1, a proximity sensor 142 may be disposed near an inner region of the electronic device wrapped by the touch screen or near the touch screen. The proximity sensor 142 refers to a sensor that detects the presence or absence of an object approaching a predetermined detection surface or an object present in the vicinity thereof without a mechanical contact by using an electromagnetic force or infrared rays. The proximity sensor 142 has a longer life and higher utilization than a contact sensor.

Examples of the proximity sensor 142 include a transmission photoelectric sensor, a direct reflection photoelectric sensor, a mirror reflection photoelectric sensor, a high frequency oscillation proximity sensor, a capacitive proximity sensor, a magnetic proximity sensor, and an infrared proximity sensor.

When the touch screen is capacitive, the touch screen is configured to detect the proximity of the pointer by the change of the electric field according to the proximity of the pointer. In this case, the touch screen (touch sensor) may be classified as a proximity sensor.

Hereinafter, for convenience of explanation, the act of allowing the pointer to be recognized without being in contact with the touch screen so that the pointer is located on the touch screen is referred to as a "proximity touch", and the touch The act of actually touching the pointer on the screen is called "contact touch." The position where the proximity touch is performed by the pointer on the touch screen refers to a position where the pointer is perpendicular to the touch screen when the pointer is in proximity proximity. However, when the touch does not need to be distinguished from the proximity touch and the touch touch, the term “touch” or “touch input” includes both an input by a proximity touch and an input by a touch touch.

The proximity sensor 142 detects a proximity touch and a proximity touch pattern (for example, a proximity touch distance, a proximity touch direction, a proximity touch speed, a proximity touch time, a proximity touch position, and a proximity touch movement state). Information corresponding to the sensed proximity touch operation and proximity touch pattern may be output on the touch screen.

The sound output module 152 may output audio data received from the wireless communication unit 110 or stored in the memory unit 160 in a call signal reception, a call mode or a recording mode, a voice recognition mode, a broadcast reception mode, and the like. The sound output module 152 outputs a sound signal related to a function (eg, a call signal reception sound, a message reception sound, etc.) performed by the wearable electronic device 100. The sound output module 152 may include a receiver, a speaker, a buzzer, and the like.

The alarm unit 153 outputs a signal for notifying occurrence of an event of the wearable electronic device 100. Examples of events occurring in electronic devices include call signal reception, message reception, key signal input, and touch input. The alarm unit 153 may output a signal for notifying occurrence of an event in a form other than a video signal or an audio signal, for example, vibration. The video signal or the audio signal may also be output through the display unit 151 or the audio output module 152.

The haptic module 154 generates various haptic effects that a user can feel. Vibration is a representative example of the haptic effect generated by the haptic module 154. The intensity and pattern of vibration generated by the haptic module 154 can be controlled. For example, different vibrations may be synthesized and output or may be sequentially output.

In addition to the vibration, the haptic module 154 may be used for the effects of stimulation by the arrangement of pins vertically moving with respect to the contact skin surface, the effect of the injection force of the air through the injection or inlet or the stimulation through the suction force, and the stimulation that rubs the skin surface. Various tactile effects may be generated, such as effects by stimulation through contact of electrodes, effects by stimulation using electrostatic force, and effects of reproducing a sense of warmth and heat using an endothermic or heat generating element.

The haptic module 154 may not only deliver the haptic effect through direct contact, but also implement the haptic effect through the muscle sense of the user's finger or arm. Two or more haptic modules 154 may be provided according to a configuration aspect of the wearable electronic device 100.

The memory unit 160 may store a program for the operation of the controller 180 and may temporarily store input / output data (for example, a phone book, a message, a still image, a video, etc.). The memory unit 160 may store data regarding vibration and sound of various patterns output when a touch input on the touch screen is performed.

The memory unit 160 may include a flash memory type, a hard disk type, a multimedia card micro type, a card type memory (for example, SD or XD memory), At least one of Random Access Memory (RAM), Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), ReadOnly Memory (ROM), Electrically Erasable Programmable ReadOnly Memory (EEPROM), Programmable ReadOnly Memory (PROM) magnetic memory, magnetic disk, and optical disk It may include a storage medium of the type. The wearable electronic device 100 may operate in association with a web storage that performs a storage function of the memory unit 160 on the Internet.

The interface unit 170 serves as a path with all external devices connected to the wearable electronic device 100. The interface unit 170 receives data from an external device or receives power and transmits the data to each component inside the wearable electronic device 100, or transmits the data inside the wearable electronic device 100 to an external device. For example, wired / wireless headset ports, external charger ports, wired / wireless data ports, memory card ports, ports for connecting devices with identification modules, audio input / output (I / O) ports, The video input / output (I / O) port, the earphone port, and the like may be included in the interface unit 170.

The identification module is a chip that stores various information for authenticating the use right of the wearable electronic device 100. The identification module includes a user identification module (UIM), a subscriber identification module (SIM), and a universal user authentication module. (Universal Subscriber Identity Module, USIM) and the like. A device equipped with an identification module (hereinafter referred to as an 'identification device') may be manufactured in the form of a smart card. Therefore, the identification device may be connected to the wearable electronic device 100 through a port.

When the wearable electronic device 100 is connected to an external cradle, the interface unit may be a path through which power from the cradle is supplied to the wearable electronic device 100, or various command signals input from the cradle by a user. It may be a passage that is delivered to the electronic device. Various command signals or power input from the cradle may be operated as signals for recognizing that the electronic device is correctly mounted on the cradle.

The controller 180 typically controls the overall operation of the electronic device. For example, perform related control and processing for voice calls, data communications, video calls, and the like. The controller 180 may include a multimedia module 181 for playing multimedia. The multimedia module 181 may be implemented in the controller 180 or may be implemented separately from the controller 180.

The power supply unit 190 receives an external power source and an internal power source under the control of the controller 180 to supply power for operation of each component.

Various embodiments described herein may be implemented in a recording medium readable by a computer or similar device using, for example, software, hardware or a combination thereof.

According to a hardware implementation, the embodiments described herein include application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), digital signal processors (DSPs), digital signal processing devices (DSPDs), programmable logic devices (PLDs), field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), and the like. It may be implemented using at least one of processors, controllers, microcontrollers, microprocessors, and electrical units for performing the functions. 180).

In a software implementation, embodiments such as procedures or functions may be implemented with separate software modules that allow at least one function or operation to be performed. The software code may be implemented by a software application written in a suitable programming language. In addition, the software code may be stored in the memory unit 160 and executed by the controller 180.

2 is a schematic perspective view illustrating an appearance of a wearable electronic device according to embodiments of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the wearable electronic device 100 according to the present invention may include a watch head WH, a first band region BP1 connected to a first side of the watch head WH, and a watch head WH. It may include a second band region (BP2) connected to the second side.

The watch head WH may include various components of the wearable electronic device 100 according to the present invention described with reference to FIG. 1. 2, in particular, the watch head WH may include a touch display area TD and a rim area R. Referring to FIG. The touch display area TD may include the display unit 151 described with reference to FIG. 1, and the rim area R may include the user input unit 130 described above with reference to FIG. 1, in particular, a touch pad. Alternatively, the force direction sensor unit 131 may be provided. The wearable electronic device 100 according to the present invention may include the touch pad or the force direction sensor unit 131 in a portion other than the rim region R (for example, the first and second band regions). For convenience of description, hereinafter, the touch pad or the force direction sensor unit 131 provided in the rim area R will be referred to as a rim touch sensor.

The first band region BP1 and the second band region BP2 are means for allowing the wearable electronic device 100 to be worn on a part of a user's body (for example, a wrist, forearm, ankle, thigh, etc.). Function as.

For example, the other end of the first band region BP1 (that is, one end other than the one connected to the watch head WH) and the other end of the second band region BP2 (that is, the watchhead One end other than the one connected to the WH) may be connected to each other and fixed to a part of the user's body.

In some embodiments, as illustrated in FIG. 2, the first band region BP1 and the second band region BP2 may not be detachably attached to each other, but may be integrally formed with each other. In this case, the first band region BP1 and the second band region BP2 may be made of a material capable of elastic deformation.

<Force direction sensor part>

Hereinafter, the force direction sensor unit 131 that can be applied to the electronic device 100 according to some embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 3.

Although already described, in the present invention, the force direction referred to includes shear force acting in a direction parallel to the touch surface, which could not be detected by a conventional touch sensor. That is, the force direction sensor unit 131 may detect the shear force generated on the touch surface by the touch and / or contact when the external object is touched and / or contacted.

The force direction sensor unit 131 according to the present invention may include a sensor array SA configured as a unit sensor for sensing a force direction.

For example, the force direction sensor unit 131 arranges the sensor arrays SA in an area in which the force direction is to be sensed, so that a touch and / or contact with the area where the sensor array SA is disposed occurs. It is possible to detect the force direction of the touch and / or contact.

That is, the sensor array SA may be disposed in an area to sense the force direction of touch and / or contact. For example, when the wearable electronic device 100 includes a touch screen, a conventional touch It may be used to operate the wearable electronic device 100 by combining an input and a force direction of the corresponding touch, wherein the sensor array SA is an area of the display 151 of the wearable electronic device 100. , The touch screen area), and accordingly, the wearable electronic device 100 may provide information about a touch input that can be obtained from the touch screen and the force direction sensor unit 131 which is an aggregation of the sensor array SA. Combining the force direction information derived from) will be able to be useful in operation in the wearable electronic device (100).

On the other hand, for example, by placing the sensor array (SA) in the rim area (R) of the wearable electronic device 100, the detection of the force direction of the touch and / or contact with the rim area (R) The detected information may be usefully used for the operation of the wearable electronic device 100.

On the other hand, for example, by arranging the sensor array SA in the band region (BP1, BP2) of the wearable electronic device 100, the force of the touch and / or contact with the band region (BP1, BP2). The sensed direction and the sensed information may be usefully used for the operation of the wearable electronic device 100.

The force direction sensor unit 131 may detect various types of information related to a touch and / or a touch operation with respect to a force direction detecting area FDDA determined by an area provided with the sensor array SA. Can be. For example, the force direction sensor unit 131 may be a contact of the external object with respect to the force direction sensing region, the contact position, the strength of the force at the time of contact (that is, the force intensity of touch and / or contact). ) And the direction of the force (ie, the direction of the force of the touch and / or contact).

Each sensor of the sensor array SA included in the force direction sensor unit 131 detects one or more of whether the external object contacts the sensor, a contact position, the strength of the force and the direction of the force. can do.

The information corresponding to one or more of whether the touch point is detected by the force direction sensor unit 131 to one point of the touch area, the contact position, the strength of the force at the time of contact, and the direction of the force may be provided in the controller 180 and / or It may be delivered to a touch event processing module (not shown) provided separately.

The controller 180 and / or the touch event processing module sets a contact area having a predetermined area with respect to a point where a touch and / or a touch is detected in the force direction sensing area, and detects a plurality of areas present in the contact area. By comparing the strength of the force of the point (for example, the point where each unit sensor constituting the sensor array SA) is arranged, the direction of the force applied to the point can be determined. Determination of the force direction by the touch event processing module may be performed as illustrated in FIG. 3. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a process of detecting a direction of a force by using the strength of the force according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the controller 180 and / or the touch event processing module may determine the direction of the force according to the intensity distribution of the force detected at the plurality of sensing points included in the contact area TA. The direction of the sensing point at which the greatest force intensity is detected based on the center O of the touch area TA may be determined as the force direction.

For example, when a touch and / or contact of the external object OB is made with respect to a point of the force direction sensing region FDDA, the surface of the force direction sensing region FDDA and the external object OB contact. A contact area TA having a predetermined area may be set or extracted based on a point. The contact area TA is set to a range of a predetermined area based on a specific coordinate (for example, a center coordinate) of the one point, or a user among a plurality of detection points included in the force direction sensing area FDDA. It can be set by connecting a plurality of adjacent sensing points that detected a contact.

Then, the strengths F1 to F5 of the force detected at the plurality of detection points of the set or extracted contact area TA are detected. The strength of the force may be more detected at the sensing point of the direction in which the user applies the force in the contact area TA.

Accordingly, the electronic device 100 according to the present invention may be configured to determine the direction of the force applied to the contact area TA from the center point of the contact area TA with the direction of the detection point having the greatest intensity of force among the plurality of detection points. Detection in the direction FD.

Accordingly, when the force direction sensor unit 131 is used, the electronic device 100 may cause the touch and / or contact of the external object OB to the force direction sensing area FDDA to occur. Not only the position of the contact, but also the direction in which the shear force is applied in the touch and / or contact position can be detected.

Hereinafter, various embodiments of the wearable electronic device according to the present invention will be described using the wearable electronic device 100 described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 3.

However, hereinafter, for convenience of description, the embodiments of the control method of the wearable electronic device according to the present invention using the wearable electronic device 100 described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3 will be described. The control method of the electronic device according to the present invention is not limited to the wearable electronic device 100 described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3. That is, the control method of the wearable electronic device according to the present invention may also be applied to the wearable electronic device that does not include at least a part of the components of the wearable electronic device 100 described with reference to FIGS. In addition, the control method of the electronic device according to the present invention may also be applied to the wearable electronic device having more components than those of the wearable electronic device 100.

In addition, in various embodiments of the control method of the wearable electronic device according to the present invention, the method of sensing the force direction may be applied to the wearable electronic device which senses the force direction in another manner in addition to the method described with reference to FIG. 3. The control method of the wearable electronic device may be applied. That is, the present invention described below also applies to an electronic device adopting a sensor capable of sensing the direction of force of touch and / or contact by a method other than the method of sensing the shear force on the touch surface described with reference to FIG. 3. The control method of the wearable electronic device may be applied.

<Operation of Wearable Electronics-Control Method of Wearable Electronics>

Hereinafter, an operation of the wearable electronic device (that is, a control method of the wearable electronic device) according to various embodiments of the present disclosure will be described.

Hereinafter, the "rim touch" and the "display touch" will be described separately from each other. 'Lim touch' refers to a touch input in which an input is sensed by a rim touch sensor arranged in a rim area, which is separate from the touch display, and 'display touch' refers to a touch input provided by a touch sensor provided in the touch display. It means a sensed touch input.

In order to achieve the object of the present invention, it is determined that the touch display and the rim touch sensor provided on the rim area are completely distinguished from each other, so that it will be described in full division. However, if the touch display is logically divided into an area (first area) in which touch input and information can be simultaneously displayed, and an area (second area) in which touch input is available but no information is displayed, When designed, the first region will correspond to the touch display region of the present invention, and the second region will correspond to the rim region of the present invention.

#First Example

4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the wearable electronic device according to the first embodiment of the present invention. 5 to 9 are diagrams for describing an operation of the wearable electronic device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, the wearable electronic device 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention may include the rim through the rim touch sensor provided in the rim area R surrounding the touch display area TD. Receive a rim touch (R touch) for (R) (S100), and can generate a control signal for controlling the wearable electronic device 100 based on at least one of the properties of the rim touch (S110). .

The properties of the rim touch may include at least one of rim touch position, rim touch duration, rim touch rotation direction, rim touch pressure, and rim touch shear force direction. It may mean one or a combination thereof.

The rim touch position means a point at which a user's rim touch with respect to the rim R is input. At this time, as shown in FIG. 5, if the first rim touch is input at the first position P1 and the second rim touch is input at the second position P2, the position attribute of the first rim touch is set to the first position. 2 It can be said that it is different from the position property of rim touch.

The rim touch duration means a time for which the user's rim touch with respect to the rim R has lasted. For example, as shown in FIG. 6, if the rim touch starts at the first time point T1 and ends at the second time point T2, the rim touch duration may be defined as T2-T1.

The rim touch rotation direction means the direction of movement when the position of the rim touch is changed on the rim area R while the rim touch continues, and in the present specification, largely clockwise and counterclockwise The direction of the rim touch will be distinguished. For example, as shown in FIG. 7, when the rim touch starts at the first position P1 and moves along the first trajectory RD1 to the third position P3, the rotation direction of the rim touch. Is called 'clockwise', and when the rim touch starts from the first position P1 and moves along the second trajectory RD2 to the fourth position P4, the rotation direction of the rim touch is 'counterclockwise'. I will say.

The rim touch pressure is a property that can be defined, in particular, when the rim touch sensor is configured with a sensor capable of sensing a pressure of a touch, such as the force direction sensor 131 described with reference to FIG. The magnitude of the force in the direction perpendicular to the touch surface at the position of.

The rim touch shear force direction is defined in particular when the rim touch sensor is configured as a sensor capable of sensing a shear force on a touch surface of a touch, such as the force direction sensor 131 described with reference to FIG. 3. As a possible attribute, as described with reference to FIG. 3, it means the direction of the shear force measured at the rim touch position while the rim touch is held at one point.

The properties of the rim touch may have various other properties in addition to the above-described rim touch position, rim touch duration, rim touch hysteresis direction, rim touch pressure and rim touch shear force directions. For example, the rim touch start position, the rim touch end position, the rim touch start point, the rim touch end point, and the rim touch shear force machine may be defined as attributes of the rim touch.

According to the first embodiment of the present invention, the wearable electronic device 100 may select an operation or function corresponding thereto by using at least one of the attributes of the rim touch described above.

The wearable electronic device 100 may store the attributes of the rim touch and an operation or a function corresponding to each of them in the memory 160 in advance.

For example, the wearable electronic device 100 may divide sections of the rim region R by a predetermined section, and store an operation or function corresponding to each section in the memory 160. That is, when the position of the rim touch is included in the area between the position in the 12 o'clock position and the position in the 3 o'clock position, the wearable electronic device 100 may be previously stored in the memory to perform the first operation. Different functions are also applied to the region between the position at 3 o'clock and 6 o'clock, the region between the position at 6 o'clock and 9 o'clock, and the region between the position at 9 o'clock and 12 o'clock. May be stored in correspondence. In this case, the wearable electronic device 100 may check the position property of the received rim touch, determine which area the position of the rim touch belongs to, and select an operation or function corresponding to the area.

For another example, the wearable electronic device 100 may divide a predetermined time section and store an operation or function corresponding to each section in the memory 160. That is, the wearable electronic device 100 corresponds to different operations or functions for each time section by dividing a predetermined time section such as a section of 0 second to 1 second, a section of 1 second to 2 seconds, and a section of 2 seconds to 3 seconds. You can make it. In this case, the wearable electronic device 100 may check a duration attribute of the received rim touch, determine which time period the rim touch duration belongs to, and select an operation or function corresponding to the time interval. .

For another example, the wearable electronic device 100 may store, in the memory 160, an operation or a function corresponding to a predetermined rotation direction (that is, clockwise and counterclockwise). Accordingly, the wearable electronic device 100 may check the rotation direction property of the received rim touch and select an operation or function corresponding to the confirmed rotation direction of the rim touch.

For another example, the wearable electronic device 100 divides a predetermined pressure section and stores a corresponding operation or function in the memory 160 for each section. Similarly to the above, the wearable electronic device 100 By checking the pressure property, the operation or function corresponding to the section to which the identified pressure belongs can be selected.

For another example, the wearable electronic device 100 stores an operation or function corresponding to each of the predetermined shear force directions in the memory 160, and then checks the shear force direction property of the rim touch. The operation or function corresponding to the identified shear force direction can be selected. The shear force direction may be clockwise and counterclockwise. Alternatively, the shear force direction may include an inward direction from the rim R toward the touch display TD and an outward direction away from the touch display TD.

Meanwhile, the wearable electronic device 100 may select an operation or function corresponding thereto using only one of the attributes of the rim touch, but an operation or function corresponding to them using two of the attributes of the rim touch. You can also select.

For example, the wearable electronic device 100 may use two attributes of position and rotation direction among attributes of the rim touch. In this case, assuming that the first rim touch has a first position and a clockwise property, and the second rim touch has a first position and a counterclockwise property, an operation or function selected by the first rim touch may include: 2 It may be different from operation or function selected by rim touch. That is, even if the rim touch is input at the same position, if the rim touch has different rotation direction attributes, it may correspond to different operations or functions. In this way, when the corresponding operation or function is considered in consideration of the properties of the two rim touches together, the pre-divided position section is N sections (N = 4 in the above example), and the predetermined rotation direction is M (M = 2 in the above example), the total (N * M) branches can be mapped to the rim touch.

For convenience of description, the properties of the rim touch to be used are described as an example of the position and rotation direction, but it is obvious to those skilled in the art without having to explain in detail that two other properties can be selected and utilized similarly to the above. Will do.

In addition, as described above, the wearable electronic device 100 may select an operation or a function corresponding to them by using three or more attributes of the rim touch.

As described above, the wearable electronic device 100 may select an operation or function based on the received rim touch, and then generate a control signal for executing the selected operation or function. 100 may perform an operation or function corresponding thereto.

As such, the wearable electronic device 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention may provide a user with a rim touch user interface having various expandability and convenient to use. In particular, the rim touch user interface provided by the wearable electronic device 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention performs a user's desired input without disturbing the user's view of the display unit for providing information to the user. By doing so, it is possible to provide a user with much more convenience compared to a method of performing a desired input by using a touch input for an existing touch display.

The wearable electronic device 100 may further receive a display touch through the touch display, and may control a control signal for controlling the wearable electronic device based on at least one of the attributes of the display touch and the rim touch. You can also create

An example of generating a control signal for controlling the wearable electronic device based on at least one of the attributes of the touch display and the rim touch will be described with reference to FIG. 8.

The wearable electronic device 100 selects at least one item displayed through the touch display TD based on the received display touch, and at least one selected based on at least one of the attributes of the rim touch. After selecting an item addition function to be performed on an item of, a control signal corresponding to the selected item addition function may be generated.

In this case, the item may include an application execution icon, a file icon, a widget, and the like.

Meanwhile, the item additional function may include additional functions that can be executed on the item such as execution of the item, movement of the item, copy of the item, deletion of the item, and the like.

Referring to FIG. 8A, it is shown that one of a plurality of items IT displayed on the touch display TD is selected by the display touch DT. Subsequently, four sections are selected. The rim touch RT is input to any one section of the rim area R that is logically divided. In this case, when the item addition function corresponding to the section to which the position where the rim touch RT is input is 'delete', the item selected by the display touch DT may be deleted as shown in (b) of FIG. 8. Can be.

Referring to FIG. 9, another example of generating a control signal for controlling the wearable electronic device based on at least one of the attributes of the touch display and the rim touch will be described.

The wearable electronic device 100 may select a screen to be displayed through the touch display based on the display touch, and perform a screen additional function to be performed on the selected screen based on at least one of the attributes of the rim touch. After selecting, the control signal corresponding to the selected screen additional function may be generated.

The screen additional functions may include additional functions that can be executed on the screen such as screen capture, screen enlargement, screen reduction, and the like.

Referring to FIG. 9A, the screen to be displayed on the touch display TD may be selected by the display touch DT. Subsequently, the screen selected by the display touch DT may be selected from FIG. 9B. As shown in FIG. 2, when the rim touch RT having a clockwise rotational property is input, the selected screen may be enlarged.

Similar to the foregoing, the wearable electronic device 100 selects a main function based on the display touch, and based on at least one of the attributes of the rim touch, a plurality of subs for the selected main function. After selecting one of the functions, a control signal corresponding to the selected sub function may be generated.

On the other hand, in the examples described, the display touch, the item selection, the screen selection, the main function selection, etc. are made, and the additional functions for it is executed by the rim touch, but these are only one example, on the contrary By means of the rim touch, an item is selected, a screen is selected, a main function is selected, and the additional functions thereof may be executed by the display touch.

As such, when the rim touch user interface provided by the wearable electronic device 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention is used together with a touch input for a conventional touch screen, better intuition and greater convenience This can be provided to the user.

# 2 Example

10 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of an electronic device according to a second embodiment of the present invention. 11 is a diagram for describing an operation of the wearable electronic device according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 10, the wearable electronic device 100 according to the second embodiment of the present invention may include the rim through the rim touch sensor provided in the rim area R surrounding the touch display area TD. Receive a first rim touch and a second rim touch for R) (S200), based on at least one of the attributes of the first rim touch and at least one of the attributes of the second rim touch A control signal for controlling the control unit 100 may be generated (S210).

The attributes of the first and second rim touches have already been described in detail with reference to the first embodiment of the present invention, and thus detailed descriptions thereof will be omitted.

The wearable electronic device 100 may identify at least one of the attributes of the first rim touch and at least one of the attributes of the second rim touch. The wearable electronic device 100 analyzes a relationship between at least one of the identified attributes of the first rim touch and at least one of the attributes of the second rim touch, and also stores the relationship in the memory 160 or the like based on the analyzed basis. The corresponding operation or function can be confirmed, and accordingly, a control signal necessary to perform the corresponding operation or function can be generated (S210).

The wearable electronic device 100 may check a relationship between an input viewpoint attribute of the first rim touch and an input viewpoint attribute of the second rim touch. The first rim touch and the second rim touch may be input at substantially the same time. Alternatively, the first rim touch and the second rim touch may be sequentially input in time.

When the first rim touch is input at the third time point T3 and the second rim touch is input at the fourth time points T4 and T4> T3, the input time point and the second time of the first rim touch are actually input. When the difference between the input points of the rim touch is within a predetermined short time range (for example, the difference between the two input points is 0.1 seconds, 0.2 seconds, 0.3 seconds, etc.), the wearable electronic device 100 may generate the first touch. It can be determined that the first rim touch and the second rim touch are input substantially simultaneously with each other. On the other hand, when the difference between the input point of time of the first rim touch and the input point of time of the second rim touch is out of a predetermined short time range (for example, the difference between the two input points of time is 0.8 seconds or 1 second or 1.2). For example, the wearable electronic device 100 may determine that the first rim touch and the second rim touch are sequentially input, not simultaneously input. On the other hand, when the difference between the input time of the first rim touch and the input time of the second rim touch is outside the predetermined long time range (for example, the difference between the two input time is 2.5 seconds or 3 seconds or 4 Elementary), the wearable electronic device 100 may determine that the first rim touch and the second rim touch are unrelated touches.

When the wearable electronic device 100 determines that the first rim touch and the second rim touch are simultaneously input, the wearable electronic device 100 may enter a first multi-rim touch analysis mode for analyzing the first rim touch and the second rim touch. have.

When the wearable electronic device 100 determines that the first rim touch and the second rim touch are sequentially input, the wearable electronic device 100 may enter a second multi-rim touch analysis mode for analyzing the first rim touch and the second rim touch. Can be.

When it is determined that the first rim touch and the second rim touch are touches irrelevant to each other, the wearable electronic device 100 performs an operation corresponding to the first rim touch, as described in the first embodiment of the present invention. In addition, the operation corresponding to the second rim touch can be performed as described in the first embodiment of the present invention. That is, the wearable electronic device 100 may analyze the first rim touch and the second rim touch independently of each other and perform respective operations corresponding thereto.

The wearable electronic device 100 may analyze the first rim touch and the second rim touch in the first multi-rim touch analysis mode, or an operation or function corresponding thereto, in the second multi-rim touch analysis mode. The first rim touch and the second rim touch analysis method may be different from the operation or function corresponding thereto.

For example, referring to FIG. 11, each of the first rim touch RT1 and the second rim touch RT2 shown in (a) and (b) is all except for the relationship between their input visual attributes. It is shown to have the same location attributes. That is, the position attribute of the first rim touch RT1 is the fifth position P5 in both the case shown in (a) and the case shown in (b), and the position attribute of the second rim touch RT2 is (a). And the case shown in (b) are the sixth position P6. However, in the case of (a), when the difference between the input time T3 of the first rim touch RT1 and the input time T4 of the second rim touch RT2 is 0.1 second, the first rim touch RT1 is used. And a case where it can be determined that the second rim touch RT2 is simultaneously input to each other. On the other hand, in the case of (b), the difference between the input time of the two rim touch is 1 second, it is shown a case that can be determined to be sequentially input to each other. In this case, in the case of (a), the wearable electronic device 100 according to the second embodiment of the present invention performs the first operation through the analysis according to the first multilimtouch analysis mode described above, and (b ), The second operation different from the first operation may be performed through the analysis according to the second multi-rim touch analysis mode.

The wearable electronic device 100 may identify the position attribute of the first rim touch and the position attribute of the second rim touch.

The wearable electronic device 100 may check the position attribute of the first rim touch and the position attribute of the second rim touch, and then use the absolute values of the identified position attributes. In this case, the wearable electronic device 100 creates a pair for each absolute value, and refers to the memory 160 that stores and stores corresponding pairs of operations or functions corresponding to each pair. The operation or function corresponding to the first rim touch and the second rim touch can be confirmed therewith. That is, when the position of the rim touch can be divided into a total of N, the number of position attributes that the first rim touch can have is N, and the number of position attributes that the second rim touch can have is (N-1 (Since, the position of the second rim touch will be input at positions other than the position of the first rim touch), so that a total of N * (N-1) functions And a second rim touch.

The wearable electronic device 100 may check the position attribute of the first rim touch and the position attribute of the second rim touch, and then use the relative relationship between the identified position attributes. That is, the difference value of each value may be utilized without using absolute values of the position attribute of the first rim touch and the position attribute of the second rim touch. For example, you can create a pair such as (position of the first rim touch, position of the second rim touch), assuming that such a pair is (1,2) and (2,3). In this case, when the absolute value is used, different operations may be associated with each other. However, when the relative relationship is used, the difference may be equal to 1 because the difference is 1 in both cases.

The wearable electronic device 100 may check the rotation direction property of the first rim touch and the rotation direction property of the second rim touch. The number of branches in which the rotation direction properties of the first rim touch and the rotation direction properties of the second rim touch can be combined is (clockwise, clockwise), (counterclockwise, counterclockwise), (clockwise, counterclockwise). ) And (counterclockwise, clockwise). The wearable electronic device 100 according to the second embodiment of the present invention may store different operations in the memory in correspondence with each of the four cases, and correspond to the values according to the values of the respective rotation direction attributes. You can select / execute an action.

Hereinafter, for convenience, it is assumed that the wearable electronic device 100 according to the present invention is worn on the wrist of the left hand, and the rim touch by the detection of the right hand is called the first rim touch, and the rim touch by the thumb of the right hand is the second rim touch. Considering each rotational attribute in a state, some examples in which it is determined that the user is very intuitive and the user convenience is increased will be described.

For example, when it is determined that the rotation direction properties of each rim touch are (clockwise and clockwise), the wearable electronic device 100 may rotate the content displayed on the screen in the clockwise direction. Alternatively, in this case, the wearable electronic device 100 may scroll down the content displayed on the screen. Or, in such a case, the wearable electronic device 100 displays the next screen (for example, the next page when viewing a document, the next page when viewing a photo album, the next photo, etc.) of the currently displayed screen through a display. I can display it. Alternatively, the wearable electronic device 100 may display the next layer of the layer of the screen currently displayed on the display.

For another example, when it is confirmed that the rotational direction attributes of each rim touch are (counterclockwise and counterclockwise), the wearable electronic device 100 may rotate the content displayed on the screen in the counterclockwise direction. Or in such a case, the wearable electronic device 100 may scroll up the content displayed on the screen. Or, in such a case, the wearable electronic device 100 displays a previous screen (for example, when viewing a document, a previous page, a photo album, a previous photo, etc.) of the screen currently displayed on the display. I can display it. Alternatively, the wearable electronic device 100 may display the previous layer of the layer of the screen currently displayed on the display.

For another example, when it is confirmed that the rotational direction attributes of each rim touch are (clockwise and counterclockwise), the wearable electronic device 100 may enlarge the content displayed on the screen. Alternatively, in such a case, the wearable electronic device 100 may allow the selected object to be moved to the left side and displayed on the display. Alternatively, the wearable electronic device 100 may cause the progressive bar of the media player to move to a previous time when the media player is running.

As another example, when it is determined that the rotational direction attributes of each rim touch are (counterclockwise and clockwise), the wearable electronic device 100 may reduce the content displayed on the screen. Alternatively, in such a case, the wearable electronic device 100 may allow the selected object to be moved to the right and displayed on the display. Alternatively, the wearable electronic device 100 may cause the progressive bar of the media player to move later in time when the media player is running.

Meanwhile, the above description has been made of the case where the absolute value of the rotation direction property of the first rim touch and the second rim touch is used, but a relative relationship may be used instead of the absolute value. For example, it may be determined whether the rotation direction of the first rim touch is the same as or different from the rotation direction of the second rim touch, and if it is the same, the first operation may be performed, and in other cases, the second operation may be performed.

The wearable electronic device 100 may check the shear force direction property of the first rim touch and the shear force direction property of the second rim touch. Even when using the shear force direction properties of the first and second rim touches, as in the above examples, the respective absolute values are identified and paired with functions that can be generated from them. In addition, the relative relationships of each of these values may be identified to match the functions using a pair corresponding to them. Therefore, a detailed description thereof will be omitted here.

The wearable electronic device 100 may perform a function or operation corresponding to each of the attributes of the first rim touch by using any one of the attributes of the first rim touch, but may perform a function or operation corresponding to each of the attributes of the first rim touch. Two or more of these and two or more of the attributes of the second LimTouch may be used to perform a function or operation corresponding to each.

For example, when the corresponding function is set in consideration of the positional property and the rotational direction property among the properties of the rim touch, even if both the first rim touch and the second rim touch have the clockwise property, Different functions may correspond according to which position the first rim touch and the second rim touch are initially input.

As described above, the wearable electronic device 100 according to the second embodiment of the present invention has a user's arm on which the wearable electronic device 100 is worn on a portion of the watch head WH of the wearable device. Touch input using a finger of a different arm (for example, wearing an electronic device on the left hand and performing a touch input on the watch head (WH) with the thumb and index finger of the right arm) Unlike the first exemplary embodiment, the user input to the wearable electronic device 100 may be performed similarly to the grip of the watch head WH of the wearable electronic device 100 with two fingers. As a result, the user can feel a feeling of operation very similar to that of operating a general clock. In addition, the user interface provided by the wearable electronic device 100 according to the second embodiment of the present invention can be performed without covering the screen provided in the wearable electronic device 100 with a finger, etc. Can be eliminated. In addition, the introduction of the multi-rim touch concept will allow more diverse functions to be mapped, and thus its expandability will be very high.

On the other hand, the wearable electronic device 100 that can provide a user interface using the rim touch disclosed by the present invention may be provided with various other functions.

For example, due to the characteristics of the wearable device, touches that are not intended by the user to the rim area may occur, and an algorithm for distinguishing whether the touch input or the unintentional touches by the user may be adopted. will be.

For another example, the wearable device described in the present invention clearly distinguishes the area of the touch display from the rim area. When the user is actually performing a touch input, the user inputs the rim area. Touch to the touch display may occur. In such a case, the touch input to the touch display may be a touch input not intended by the user. In order to prevent such a problem, when it is determined that the user's touch input to the rim area is made, for a predetermined period of time, Algorithms such as deactivating the touch display or ignoring the touch input to the touch display may be employed in the wearable device.

Alternatively, the touch input simultaneously applied to the touch display and the rim area may be completely distinguished from the touch input only on the rim area and the touch input only on the touch display as a means of a new user input.

The above description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may make various modifications and changes without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments of the present invention described above may be implemented separately or in combination with each other.

Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are not intended to limit the technical idea of the present invention but to describe the present invention, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. The protection scope of the present invention should be interpreted by the following claims, and all technical ideas within the equivalent scope should be interpreted as being included in the scope of the present invention.

100: wearable electronics
WH: Watchhead
BP: Band Area
BP1: first band region
BP2: second band region
TD: Touch Display Area
R: rim area
DT: display touch
RT: rim touch

Claims (29)

delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete In the wearable electronic device worn on the user's wrist,
Touch display;
A rim surrounding the touch display;
A rim touch sensor disposed on at least a portion of the rim;
A band portion for allowing the wearable electronic device to be worn on the user's wrist; And
Receiving a first rim touch and a second rim touch on the rim through the rim touch sensor,
And a controller configured to generate a control signal for controlling the wearable electronic device based on at least one of the attributes of the first rim touch and at least one of the attributes of the second rim touch.
The attributes of the rim touch include at least one of a rim touch position, a rim touch duration, a rim touch pressure, and a rim touch shear force direction,
The rim touch position among the rim touch attributes includes at least two rim touch position sections,
If the rim touch is input to the first rim touch position section of the rim touch position section, the controller executes a first position section corresponding function,
When the rim touch is input to the second rim touch position section of the rim touch position section, the controller executes a second position section corresponding function.
Wearable electronics. In the wearable electronic device worn on the user's wrist,
Touch display;
A rim surrounding the touch display;
A rim touch sensor disposed on at least a portion of the rim;
A band portion for allowing the wearable electronic device to be worn on the user's wrist; And
Receiving a first rim touch and a second rim touch on the rim through the rim touch sensor,
And a controller configured to generate a control signal for controlling the wearable electronic device based on at least one of the attributes of the first rim touch and at least one of the attributes of the second rim touch.
The attributes of the rim touch include at least one of a rim touch position, a rim touch duration, a rim touch pressure, and a rim touch shear force direction,
The rim touch duration of the rim touch attributes includes at least two rim touch time intervals,
When the first rim touch or the second rim touch sensed by the rim touch sensor is input by the first rim touch time interval of the rim touch time interval, the controller executes a first time interval corresponding function.
When the first rim touch or the second rim touch sensed by the rim touch sensor is input by the second rim touch time interval of the rim touch time interval, the controller executes a second time interval corresponding function.
Wearable electronics. In the wearable electronic device worn on the user's wrist,
Touch display;
A rim surrounding the touch display;
A rim touch sensor disposed on at least a portion of the rim;
A band portion for allowing the wearable electronic device to be worn on the user's wrist; And
Receiving a first rim touch and a second rim touch on the rim through the rim touch sensor,
And a controller configured to generate a control signal for controlling the wearable electronic device based on at least one of the attributes of the first rim touch and at least one of the attributes of the second rim touch.
The attributes of the rim touch include at least one of a rim touch position, a rim touch duration, a rim touch pressure, and a rim touch shear force direction,
The rim touch sensor includes a force direction sensor that can sense the rim touch pressure, the magnitude of the force on the touch surface at the position of the rim touch,
The rim touch pressure of the rim touch properties includes at least two rim touch pressure intervals,
If the pressure of the first rim touch or the pressure of the second rim touch sensed by the rim touch sensor falls within the range of the first rim touch pressure section of the rim touch pressure section, the control unit provides a first pressure section corresponding function. Run it,
If the pressure of the first rim touch or the pressure of the second rim touch sensed by the rim touch sensor falls within the range of the second rim touch pressure section of the rim touch pressure section, the control unit supports a second pressure section corresponding function. Running
Wearable electronics. In the wearable electronic device worn on the user's wrist,
Touch display;
A rim surrounding the touch display;
A rim touch sensor disposed on at least a portion of the rim;
A band portion for allowing the wearable electronic device to be worn on the user's wrist; And
Receiving a first rim touch and a second rim touch on the rim through the rim touch sensor,
And a controller configured to generate a control signal for controlling the wearable electronic device based on at least one of the attributes of the first rim touch and at least one of the attributes of the second rim touch.
The attributes of the rim touch include at least one of a rim touch position, a rim touch duration, a rim touch pressure, and a rim touch shear force direction,
The rim touch sensor includes a force direction sensor capable of sensing a shear force acting in a direction parallel to the touch surface of the rim touch,
The shear force direction of the rim touch properties includes at least two rim touch direction sections,
The control unit corresponds to the first direction section when the shear force direction of the first rim touch or the shear force direction of the second rim touch sensed by the rim touch sensor corresponds to the first rim touch direction section of the rim touch direction section. Run the function,
The control unit corresponds to the second direction section when the shear force direction of the first rim touch or the shear force direction of the second rim touch detected by the rim touch sensor corresponds to a second rim touch direction section of the rim touch direction section. Running function
Wearable electronics. The method according to any one of claims 23 to 26, wherein the control unit,
Generating a control signal for controlling the wearable electronic device based on at least two of the attributes of the first rim touch and at least two of the attributes of the second rim touch
Wearable electronics. The method according to any one of claims 23 to 26, wherein the control unit,
When the first rotational direction of the first rim touch and the second rotational direction of the second rim touch are the same, the first operation is performed.
When the first rotation direction and the second rotation direction are opposite to each other, performing a second operation
Wearable electronics. The method according to any one of claims 23 to 26, wherein the control unit,
When the first shear force direction of the first rim touch and the second shear force direction of the second rim touch are the same, a third operation is performed.
When the first shear force direction and the second shear force direction are different from each other, the fourth operation is performed.
Wearable electronics.

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