KR20040099988A - Wearable computer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A wearable computer is provided to satisfy the fashion as clothes with the outer cover of diverse designs and guarantee free motion of a user by separately installing each part of the computer to the inner cover for weight distribution and forming a cable path to a part of small surface change in human body when the user makes a motion. CONSTITUTION: The inner cover is attached to the outer cover. The computer is installed to the inner cover. The computer comprises a main device(10), peripherals(20), a signal converting module(32) converting a digital signal applied from the main device into an analog signal, a display module(30) displaying/outputting the analog signal output from the signal converting module, and a battery(40). Each device is attachable/detachable by connecting respective devices with each other through a cable.

Description

Wearable computer {Wearable computer}

According to the present invention, a cable for coupling each device along a guide path formed in consideration of the activity of the human body is mounted on the inner shell of a wearable computer compatible with various types of shells in consideration of weight distribution. The present invention relates to a wearable computer capable of improving the fit while being fashionable.

The developmental process of wearable computer to the present can be classified into the beginning of research, height of interest, and time to strengthen human friendliness. As the current wearable computer enters the period of enhanced human-friendliness (after the late 1990s), the development of a user-oriented wearable computer with more comfort and fashion for the user has been attempted. To this end, each module is becoming lighter and smaller, and the research on the ergonomic aspects such as the comfort and ease of use of clothing as a physical interface surrounding the wearer, the human body's posture and movement, and user-centered design As it progressed, more advanced wearable computers began to be developed in terms of function, design, wearability and user convenience. A prominent feature of recent development trends is the development of application families and the development of materials and devices.

First, there are products developed for entertainment purposes. For example, Infineon Technologies, Germany, has developed 'Apparel with Speech Control MP3', while Burton Snowboards of the United States has developed an Analog Clone Jacket. Developed a snowboard jacket, MD Jacket. France Telecom introduced Interwoven optical fiber products in the form of garments and bags with fabric monitors showing downloadable images from the Internet. He developed 'wearing appliances'.

Secondly, there are products for business use that are already used in industries such as aircraft maintenance, field data collection, insurance companies, job assistance, and logistics management. For example, Xybernet's 'Poma' mounts the main body on the waist and checks information using a head mounted display (HMD) connected to the main body. The input device is configured to use a mouse connected to the main body. do. In addition, Philips developed the airline staff's uniform, Imaginair, which is a personal digital assistant with a flexible LCD screen and wireless headset. It is designed for business support so that you can communicate with the crew. In addition, the University of South Australia has developed an e-Suit, a wearable computer suitable for business.

Other special uses include wearable computers for health and medical purposes, such as Lifecore, Inc., and US military wearables, such as the Army's Armis Warrior Program. It is being developed for each application, including children's clothing with built-in Philips' GPS, which helps to find lost children in the amusement park. It seems to be segmented and specialized.

That is, the wearable computer is generally configured in a form in which the computer is attached to clothes worn by a user. In addition, the computer mounted on the garment is distributed and installed in various places of the garment in consideration of the user's activity, and each device is configured to be coupled through a predetermined cable.

By the way, when a plurality of devices are installed on the outside of the clothing when the devices are connected by a cable, there is a problem that the fashion of the clothing is deteriorated by exposing each device and its coupling cable to the appearance of the clothing. And the cable exposed to the outside of the clothing has a problem affecting the user's activity.

In addition, as described above, the computer mounted on the garment needs to be designed to be detachably attached to each other so as to facilitate the repair of the garment and the failure of the computer device.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances, and in order to separate and mount each device of the computer in consideration of weight distribution on the inner skin of the garment which is interchangeable with various types of outer skins, the upper side of the inner skin Wearable computer that can satisfy the fashion as clothing through various design envelopes while guaranteeing the user's free activity by forming cable guide path for coupling between devices with the small change of body surface during operation of the human body. Its technical purpose is to provide.

1 is a diagram schematically showing a configuration of a computer to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the configuration of the main apparatus 10 shown in FIG.

3 is a view showing an appearance of a wearable computer according to the present invention;

4 is a view for explaining the configuration of the cable guide path 140 shown in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a view showing the installation shape of the belt 200 of the wearable computer shown in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a view illustrating a shape in which an auxiliary pad 300 is coupled to a main device 10 accommodated in the third accommodating part 130 of FIG. 3.

******* Brief description of the main parts of the drawing *******

10: main device, 20: peripheral device,

30: display device, 40: battery,

50: attachment,

100: inner skin, 110, 120, 130: storage unit,

140: cable guide, 200: belt,

300: auxiliary pad.

The wearable computer according to the present invention for achieving the above object is a garment in which the outer shell and the endothelial are removable, and is configured to mount the computer on the inner shell compatible with various types of garment shells, the computer comprising a main device and a plurality of peripheral devices. It is composed of a signal conversion module for converting the digital signal applied from the main unit into an analog signal, a display module for displaying and outputting the analog signal provided from the signal conversion module, and a power supply unit, and the devices are coupled via a cable. Each device is configured to be detachable.

In addition, the endothelial has first and second accommodating parts for mounting the power supply device and the signal conversion module, respectively, on both sides of its front surface, and a third accommodating part for mounting the main device is formed on its rear surface, and a sleeve part. An upper portion of the endothelial including a cable guide path for guiding the path of the cable for coupling the device accommodated in the first to third housing and the peripheral device including the display module is formed .

That is, according to the above, the computer is distributed to the detachable endothelial that is compatible with various types of clothes in consideration of weight distribution, and the cable is provided through the cable guideway provided at the place where the body surface changes little during the operation of the human body. By guiding each device to be coupled to each other, it is possible to provide a wearable computer with improved aesthetics and a clean wiring process of the cable, thereby providing a beautiful appearance.

In addition, it is possible to satisfy the fashion as a garment by fastening the outer shell of various forms of beautiful design to the inner shell equipped with a computer.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

First, the wearable computer according to the present invention is applied to a garment of a type that is separated into various types of outer shells and inner shells compatible with the outer shells. That is, the computer device is attached to the inner skin of the garment, and the outer skin is designed to meet the function and aesthetic value of the garment so as to be detachable from the inner skin so that the mechanical elements of the computer apparatus are not exposed to the surface of the garment.

In this case, the outer skin of the garment is basically waterproof, and using a moisture-permeable waterproof material, such as neo-plan, so that the heat generated from the computer mounted on the inner skin can be quickly released to the outside, the inner skin is safety from electromagnetic waves generated from the computer In consideration of this, it is composed of two layers while the inner surface uses electromagnetic shielding material.

In addition, the inner and outer shell of the garment is configured to be provided with a fastening member such as a zipper or a velcro (button), which is to be separated from each other on the outside thereof. Here, since the fastening member is a device generally used in the clothing that is separated into the inner and outer shell, its detailed description is omitted.

1 is a diagram schematically showing the configuration of a computer applied to the present invention. Here, each device is coupled through a predetermined cable, and the coupling line shown to couple each device in FIG. 1 means a cable.

As shown in FIG. 1, a computer includes a main device 10, a plurality of peripheral devices 20 coupled to the main device 10, a display device 30 for displaying and displaying information, and a main device 10. And a battery as a power supply device for providing a predetermined level of driving power. In addition, the main device 10 is configured to be combined with an additional device 50 such as a camera, a GPS receiver, a wireless LAN device.

Here, the display device 30 is, for example, a head mounted display (HMD) module 31 (hereinafter referred to as an "HMD module") that is an image display means for viewing a screen in front of the eyes in a safety glasses or helmet type. And a signal conversion module 32 for converting the digital signal provided from the main device 10 into an analog signal and providing the same to the HDM module 31. The signal conversion module 32 is not shown. Though not configured to include a separate power battery for receiving a drive power. In addition, the HMD module 31 is attached to the glasses and configured to facilitate the user visually, although not shown, the signal conversion module 32 is equipped with a right presentation display and a left presentation display port, so that the user The HMD module 31 in a convenient direction is configured to be used by attaching to the glasses.

The peripheral device 20 is composed of a keyboard 21 and a mouse 22, a microphone 23 for voice input, and a speaker 24 for voice output. In this case, the keyboard 21 is a half keyboard for a wearable computer, and the mouse 22 may be a ball trekking dolphin mouse. In addition, the microphone 23 and the speaker 24 may be replaced by an ear microphone which enables voice input and output.

In addition, the battery is a lithium ion battery providing a constant voltage of 12V, the length is 270 × 60 × 22mm and the weight is about 300g is configured to support a stable power supply for 6 to 8 hours.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 2, the main unit 10 includes an 800 MHz CPU 11 to control the overall operation of the main unit, a 512M RAM 12 and a 40G HDD 13 for storing predetermined information, It is composed of S3 Savage 4x AGP 3D / 2D SVGA controller and 32MB memory to provide video information. VGA processor 14 supports resolution of up to 1600 × 1200 pixels and 32-bit high color, and AD1819B AC97 for audio signal processing. It is composed of a voice processing unit 15 is composed of a codec chip to support up to stereo and 3D sound and a plurality of coupling ports 16 for physically coupling through each device and a cable.

Here, the coupling port 16 is at least one USB port 161 for coupling with an additional device, such as a camera, a GPS receiver, a wireless LAN device, and the first port for coupling with the keyboard 21 and the mouse 22. And first and second voice coupling ports 164 and 165 for coupling with the second PS / 2 ports 162 and 163, the microphone 23 and the speaker 24, a power port 166 coupled with a battery, and the display apparatus. Combining with the signal conversion module 32 of 30 is composed of a VGA port 167 for providing a VGA signal to the signal conversion module (32).

The overall size of the main device 10 is 193 × 163 × 29 mm, which is about half the size of A4 paper, and the weight is about 1.2 Kg.

On the other hand, Figure 3 shows the configuration of a wearable computer according to the present invention, Figure 3a shows a front end of the inner garment 100 of the computer mounted garments, Figure 3b shows the endothelial 100 of the garment equipped with a computer The back side is shown.

First, as shown in FIG. 3A, a first accommodating part 110 for accommodating a battery of a computer is formed at the left waist of the front body of the endothelium 100, and the signal conversion module 32 is accommodated at the right waist of the body. The second accommodating part 120 is formed. Also, as shown in FIG. 3B, a third accommodating part 130 for accommodating the main device 10 of the computer is formed at the waist of the rear torso of the endothelium 100. In this case, the first to third accommodating parts 110, 120, and 130 are formed in a pocket shape, and a cover is provided to protect the apparatus after receiving the corresponding device.

This means that when the user wears the endothelium 100, the heaviest main device 10 of the devices constituting the computer is positioned at the rear waist, and the battery 40 and the signal conversion module 32 are located at the front waist. By placing them on both sides to distribute the weight of the device to improve the endothelial fit of the user.

In addition, a variety of peripheral devices 20 including an HMD module 31 attached to the glasses are provided on the outer side of the endothelial 100, and these devices are respectively housed in the third accommodating part 130 of the endothelial 100. The device 10 is coupled with the cable. That is, as shown in FIG. 3, the HMD module 31 is coupled with a cable drawn out to the right shoulder portion of the endothelium 100 so that the user can attach it to the glasses, and the ear microphones 23 and 24 for voice input and output. ) Is coupled to the cable withdrawn to the left shoulder portion of the endothelium 100, the keyboard 21 to the cable withdrawn to the left sleeve end of the endothelium 100, the mouse 22 to the cable withdrawn to the right sleeve end Each will be combined. In addition, a cable coupled to the USB port 161 of the main device 10 is drawn out at the left sleeve end, and a camera fastener 141a is formed to couple the camera to the back of the user's hand while being coupled with the cable. The gloves 141 can be combined. At this time, the glove 141 may be configured to be detachable to the sleeve end of the endothelial 100.

On the other hand, the cable is fixed to the endothelial 100 through the cable guide path 140 formed in the endothelial 100 as shown in FIG.

The cable guide path 140 is for guiding the path of the cable for coupling between the devices as shown in Figure 4 is fixed inside the body to the endothelial 100 and the outer body portion is configured in the form of a cover And to form a predetermined passage for guiding the cable. Here, the cable guide path 140 is configured such that the cover is fixed by a fastening member, such as a snap button, a zipper, a Velcro.

And the position of the cable guide path 140 is set to the portion where the body surface change is the least when the user moves the body while wearing the endothelium 100. For example, as shown in FIG. 3, the cable guide path 140 is mainly located above the waist of the endothelium 100 and passes through the sleeve to prevent the elbow joint movement from interfering with the elbow joint movement. The cable guide path 140a is set in the length part. And, the cable guide path (140b) is connected to the back neck collar portion from the shoulder portion is configured to be three-dimensionally cut to fit the human body because it does not interfere with the operation of the human body.

Meanwhile, in the state where the main device 10, the battery 40, and the signal conversion module 32 are accommodated in the first to third accommodating parts 110, 120, and 130 of the endothelium 100, the user may enter the endothelium 100. When worn, the fastness of the fabric is lowered due to the device housed in the endothelium 100 and the user's wearing comfort is also reduced.

Thus, as shown in Figure 5 by installing a belt 200 of cotton material to be able to adjust the size of the waist portion of the endothelial 100 to make the endothelial 100 close to the user's body, the fabric of It can be configured to solve the problem of the fastness and the problem of lowering the fit of the user. In this case, the belt 200 is mainly installed to the outer surface of the waist portion of the endothelial 100 and the first to third accommodating parts 110, 120, and 130 are provided at positions where the first to third accommodating parts 110, 120, and 130 are provided. 130) is configured to be installed inward. This uses the belt 200 for devices with a heavy weight such as the main device 10 and the battery and the signal conversion module 32 accommodated in the first to third accommodating parts 110, 120, and 130 of the endothelium 100. This is to improve the wearability concentrated in the user's shoulder and neck area by close to the user's torso.

In addition, the device accommodated in the first to the third receiving portion (110, 120, 130) of the endothelium 100 is a rectangular shape of a metal material while having a predetermined size is in close contact with the user's body by the belt 200. If so, the contact surface may be offensive to the user.

Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 6, each device, for example, one surface of the main device 10, in particular, a portion in contact with the endothelium 100, is equipped with an auxiliary pad 300 made of a streamlined high elastic sponge material suitable for the structure of the human body. It would be desirable to construct. This may be performed by applying the same to the main device 10 as well as the battery and the signal conversion module 32. Mounting of the auxiliary pad 300 also provides the effect of protecting the device.

That is, according to the above, the computer is arranged in consideration of the weight distribution on the inner skin of the garment, which is composed of the outer skin and the detachable inner skin, and the cable through the cable guide path provided at the site where the change of the body surface is small during the operation of the human body. By guiding each other to be coupled between the devices, the wearing feeling is improved and the wiring of the cable is neat, thereby providing a wearable computer with a beautiful appearance.

In addition, it is possible to satisfy the fashion as a garment by fastening the outer shell of various forms of beautiful design to the inner shell equipped with a computer.

Meanwhile, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention.

As described above, according to the present invention, the cable guide path is provided at a place where the body surface is less changed during the operation of the human body while placing the computer in consideration of the weight distribution on the detachable endothelial compatible with various types of garment jackets. By guiding the cable through each device to be coupled between the devices, the wearing feeling is improved and the wiring of the cable is neat, it is possible to provide a wearable computer with a beautiful appearance.

In addition, it is possible to satisfy the fashion as a garment by fastening the outer shell of various forms of beautiful design to the inner shell equipped with a computer.

Claims (8)

Apparel in a detachable form with an outer shell and endothelial, configured to mount a computer on an inner shell that is compatible with various types of garment outer shells, The computer comprises a main device, a plurality of peripheral devices, a signal conversion module for converting a digital signal applied from the main device into an analog signal, a display module for displaying and outputting an analog signal provided from the signal conversion module, and a power supply device. Wearable computer, characterized in that each device is coupled via a cable so that each device is removable. The method of claim 1, The inner shell has first and second accommodating parts for mounting the power supply and signal conversion module, respectively, on both sides of the front end thereof, and a third accommodating part for mounting the main device is formed on the rear side thereof, and includes a sleeve part. Wearable computer, characterized in that the upper portion of the endothelial is formed by a cable guide path for guiding the path of the cable connecting the device accommodated in the first to third housing and the peripheral device including the display module . The method of claim 2, The cable guide is a wearable computer, characterized in that one side is fixed to the body and the cover is formed by the other side is configured to form a space for guiding the cable while the fastening member is installed to detach the cover. The method of claim 2, The wearable computer of claim 1, wherein a streamlined auxiliary pad is coupled to one surface of the device accommodated in the first to third accommodating parts. The method of claim 1, The main unit of the computer is a wearable computer, characterized in that it comprises at least one USB port for coupling the additional device. The method of claim 5, Wearable computer, characterized in that the cable is coupled to the sleeve portion of the endothelium is drawn out, the camera coupling portion for engaging the camera is coupled to the cable. The method of claim 1, The outer shell is a wearable computer, characterized in that the waterproof material. The method of claim 1, The inner shell is composed of two layers and the inner surface is a wearable computer, characterized in that the electromagnetic shielding material.