KR20190062037A - Hybrid Smart Watch based on mechanical movement - Google Patents

Abstract

According to the present invention, a hybrid smartwatch based on mechanical movement includes: a receiver receiving a wireless signal including information from a wireless transmitter; an electronic system used for processing the received wireless signal, and extracting the information from the received wireless signal to provide a control signal based on the information; a display used for displaying the information extracted by the electronic system, and including an analogue indicator unit for providing details to a user partially based on the information extracted from the received wireless signal; an operating unit for operating an analogue display unit of the display in accordance with the control signal; and a power supply unit for supplying power to a device.

Description

[0001] The present invention relates to a hybrid smart watch based on a mechanical movement,

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a smart watch, and more particularly to a hybrid smart watch based on a mechanical movement.

As society becomes increasingly mobile, mobile electronic devices are experiencing a tumult of popularity and growth. Cell phones, wireless PDAs, wireless laptops and other mobile communication devices are making a strong impression on mainstream customers. However, this growth is constrained and customer satisfaction is limited, because there is no compact, truly efficient, compact wireless communication system that has a wide coverage area, is cheap and battery efficient. Cellular data-to-telephony-based solutions are far from high power-efficiency and impose cost and size penalties that make them useless.

A range of new technologies are being developed that include a distracting user interface, a new operating system platform, and new communication capabilities. Smart personal objects are everyday objects such as watches, pens, keychains and wallets that are smarter, more personalized and more useful through the use of specialized software. These everyday objects already exist in vast numbers, and of course, they all have key features that people already value. They can also be extended to display timely information, such as traffic information, schedule updates, news, and other things that are time-sensitive and useful to people, rather than just displaying time.

The ability of these objects to use information depends in part on the display capabilities of each object. These objects typically use a digital display to display the received information. Unfortunately, several potential customers are hesitant to purchase these objects, and their purchase decisions are based in part on unsophisticated digital displays. That is, many potential customers reluctantly wear digital watches or require / prefer a more sophisticated and fashionable watch.

A hybrid motion-based hybrid smart watch according to the present invention includes: a receiver for receiving a wireless signal including information from a wireless transmission; An electronic system for processing the received radio signal, the system configured to extract information from the received radio signal and provide a control signal based thereon; A display comprising: analog indicator means for displaying information extracted by said electronic system, said analog indicator means for providing details to a user based in part on information extracted from said received wireless signal; Driving means for driving the analog display means of the display in accordance with the control signal; And power supply means for supplying power to the apparatus.

The analog indicator means may further comprise at least one mechanical indicator for providing a context or value.

Wherein the analog indicator means further comprises a first mechanical indicator and a second mechanical indicator, the first mechanical indicator providing a context based on information received and processed from the radio signal, Can be provided.

Each mechanical indicator may include a number of icons, each icon representing a context or value.

The display may further comprise digital display means.

The wireless signal may include a message packet containing information tailored to a user of the device.

The analog indicator means may further comprise at least one mechanical indicator consisting essentially of a tactile, audible or visual mechanism.

Wherein the analog indicator means further comprises a first mechanical indicator, a second mechanical indicator, a third mechanical indicator and a fourth mechanical indicator, wherein the first mechanical indicator provides a first context, 1 context, the third mechanical indicator provides a second context, and the fourth mechanical indicator may provide a second value associated with the second context.

According to the present invention, there is provided a mechanical movement based hybrid smart clock for receiving and displaying information from a wireless signal transmission.

1 is a diagram illustrating an operating environment of a hybrid movement based on a mechanical movement according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a schematic diagram illustrating an electronic device of a hybrid movement based on a mechanical movement according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a block diagram of a mechanical movement based hybrid watch according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a diagram illustrating a hybrid movement based on a mechanical movement according to an embodiment of the present invention.

A battery-powered portable computer is provided, such as a clock device for receiving wireless transmissions and displaying information at least partially based on the information contained in the wireless transmissions. The present invention provides a device that allows a device manufacturer to provide a high degree of customization to display smart personal object data, thereby providing a premium brand and associated consumer base.

In one embodiment, the device receives and processes information from wireless transmissions. The apparatus includes one or more mechanical indicators for displaying information received via wireless transmission. In yet another embodiment, the apparatus is operative to display information using a mechanical indicator, or some combination of digital and mechanical indicators. Various mechanical indicators, such as, for example, needles, sliders, dials, rings, disks, etc., may be used to convey information to the user. Alternatively, information may be conveyed using various mechanical indicators associated with one or more digital displays (i.e., LED, LCD, etc.). By using mechanical indicators to convey information, the device can be configured with traditional high fidelity / quality. In certain embodiments, the device may be a wrist-wear watch that is specifically configured to receive transmissions from a broadcast tower or other signaling system / device. Thus, in accordance with the present invention, an apparatus, such as a clock device having a more refined style and appearance, can display information received from a wireless transmission.

A more complete understanding of the present invention and the improvements thereof can be obtained by referring to the accompanying briefly summarized drawings, the detailed description of the exemplary embodiments of the invention that follows, and the appended claims.

The present invention is described in the context of a wireless communication device for receiving and displaying information. In the described embodiment, it may be a clock-type device that is specially configured to receive a communication signal, as described in more detail below. As will be apparent from a reading of the following detailed description, an apparatus displays information using mechanical components, or mechanical components associated with a digital indicator, based at least in part on a received wireless signal transmitted from a source. It will be apparent that minor modifications from the described embodiments are also within the scope of the invention.

Although described herein in connection with a clock-based system, it will be clear that the teachings of the present application may be equally applied to any other mobile or non-mobile device, such as portable and desktop computers, PDAs, cell phones, The clock is used for illustrative purposes only to simplify the discussion that will be discussed later, and can be used interchangeably with the " mobile device ".

&Quot; Computer readable media " may be any available media that can be accessed by a client / server device. By way of example, and not limitation, computer readable media may comprise computer storage media and communication media. Computer storage media includes volatile and nonvolatile, removable and non-removable media implemented in any method or technology for storage of information such as computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data. Computer storage media includes, but is not limited to, RAM, ROM, EEPROM, flash memory or other memory technology, CD-ROM, DVD or other optical storage, magnetic cassettes, magnetic tape, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, And any other medium which can be used for and accessed by a client / server device.

Communication media typically embodies computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules, or other data in a modulated data signal, such as a carrier wave or other transmission mechanism, and includes any information delivery media. The term " modulated data signal " means a signal having one or more characteristics set or changed in such a manner as to encode information of the signal. By way of example, and not by limitation, communication media include wired media such as a wired network or direct-wired connection, and wireless media such as acoustic, RF, infrared and other wireless media. Combinations of any of the above are also included within the scope of computer readable media.

The term " content " may be any information that may be stored in the electronic device. By way of example, and not by way of limitation, the content may include any combination of graphical information, textual information, and graphical and textual information. The content may be displayable information or auditory information. The auditory information may include a single sound or a stream of sounds.

The overall operating environment for the present invention will be discussed below with reference to Figures 1-2.

Figure 1 illustrates an exemplary operating environment 100 for the present invention. As shown in the figure, an FM signal or broadcast is transmitted over a communication channel 110 to various electronic devices. An exemplary electronic device having an FM receiver or transceiver may include a desktop computer, a clock, a portable computer, a wireless mobile phone (cellular phone), and / or a PDA. The electronic device is arranged to receive information from the FM broadcast. An FM broadcast may be any number of types including, but not limited to, standard FM transmissions, subcarrier FM transmissions, or any other type of FM transmissions that may be expected.

An exemplary electronic device that may include an electronic system that is arranged to operate in accordance with an interaction model is shown in FIG. The electronic system may utilize a radio interface such as the FM transmission system described above. Each of the electronic systems receives messages / information over a communication channel.

Each broadcast transmission corresponds to transmission of one or more frames. Each frame may contain multiple messages, some of which are public broadcasts (also known as "global" or "shared" messages) while others are client specific messages (also known as "private" or "private" . A shared message can be received by all clients located within a specified service area, whereas a private message can be decoded by a single client.

An electronic device (e.g., a wireless clock device) receives message packets according to shared and private messages directed to the client device. The message packets are organized into groups according to the local slot (or channel) entry number. For example, a particular electronic device is configured to receive a selected group of channels from available channels. A message packet associated with each of such channels is received, processed and stored at the client device. The stored message packet may be reviewed using a user interface that utilizes an interaction model in accordance with the present invention.

Exemplary channels include time channels, message channels, contact channels, calendar channels, weather channels, stock channels, news channels, sports and / or gaming channels. The messages associated with each channel include message content based on the characteristics of the channel. For example, the weather channel can include the current weather of the province, the current weather in the country, and the current weather outside the country.

The operating environments shown and described provide examples of suitable operating environments and are not intended to suggest any limitation as to the scope of use or functionality of the invention. Other well known computing systems, environments, and / or configurations that may be suitable for use with the invention include, but are not limited to, personal computers, server computers, pocket or laptop devices, multiprocessor systems, microprocessor- Minicomputers, mainframe computers, distributed computing environments that include any of the above systems or devices, and the like.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating the functional components of an exemplary electronic device 200. The electronic device 200 has a processor 260, a memory 262, a display 228, and a user interface 232. Memory 262 generally includes both volatile memory (e.g., RAM) and non-volatile memory (e.g., ROM, flash memory, etc.). The electronic device 200 includes an operating system 264, such as a Windows CE operating system of Microsoft Corporation, or another operating system residing in memory 262 and executing on the processor 260. The user interface 232 may be a series of push buttons, a scroll wheel, a numeric dialing pad (such as on a typical telephone), or another type of user interface means. The display 228 may be a liquid crystal display, a multi-bit display, a mechanical display, a hybrid display, or a full color display, or any other type of display commonly used in electronic devices. In one example, the display 228 may be touch-sensitive to operate as an input device.

One or more application programs 266 are loaded into the memory 262 and operate on the operating system 264. Examples of application programs include a telephone dial program, an email program, a scheduling / calendar program, a personal information management (PIM) program, an Internet browser program, and the like. The electronic device 200 also includes a non-volatile storage device 268 located within the memory 262. Non-volatile storage 268 may be used to store persistent information that should not be lost if electronic device 200 is powered down. The application 266 may be coupled to a storage device 268, such as an email or other message used by the email application, contact information used by the PIM, appointment information used by the scheduling program, documents used by the word processing application, You can use and store the information you have.

The electronic device 200 has a power supply 270, which may be implemented as one or more batteries. The power supply 270 may also include an external power source such as an AC adapter or a powered docking cradle that replenishes or recharges the battery.

The electronic device 200 also includes one or more light emitting diodes (LEDs) 240, an audio interface 274, a contact interface 276, and one or more mechanical components 278 included as part of the display 228 Is illustrated with various types of external notification mechanisms. When activated, the processor 260 and other components may be shut down to conserve battery power, but they may be connected directly to the power supply 270, such that the device remains on for a period of time determined by the notification mechanism . LED 240 may be programmed to remain on indefinitely until the user takes an action to indicate the power-on state of the device. The audio interface 274 is used to provide an audible signal to the user and receive an audible signal from the user. For example, to facilitate a user interface using a telephone call or voice recognition, the audio interface 274 may be coupled to a speaker to provide an audible output, Can be connected to a microphone. In another example, the vibrating device (contact interface 276) may be used to provide feedback to the user, such as to notify the user of newly arrived messages and / or other information, as also described below. The electronic device 200 can individually control each notification device (e.g., audio, vibration as well as visual cues).

The electronic device 200 also includes a radio interface layer 272 that performs the function of receiving and / or transmitting radio frequency communications. The radio interface layer 272 facilitates wireless connection between the electronic device 200 and the outside world via a carrier or service provider. Transmission to and from the radio interface layer 272 is performed under the control of the operating system 264. That is, the communication received by the radio interface layer 272 may be communicated to the application program 266 via the operating system 264, and vice versa.

Wireless data display

According to the present invention, an apparatus is provided for receiving and processing a radio signal, preferably a radio signal, transmitted by a source. The device is operable to display various information extracted from the wireless signal. The device is operable to receive " real time " and other information, such as stock, sports, weather, and to display information using the analog (mechanical) indicator mechanism partially or fully. The present invention provides a solution to consumers who are reluctant to use or wear wireless electronic devices due to unsophisticated or undesirable display characteristics of the device. For example, a particular watch consumer will not wear a watch that does not have certain user-oriented characteristics such as quartz display, stopwatch characteristics, age calendar, active bending, and the like. Other users are unhappy with the rather sophisticated digital displays associated with many electronic watches and other products. The present invention provides solutions to these and other problems related to customer satisfaction and preferences. It will be appreciated, however, that the present invention is not limited to clock devices, and those skilled in the art will recognize the advantages of the present invention to other mobile electronic devices.

In addition to the clocking device described above, another exemplary clocking device 400 is shown in FIG. The clock device 400 includes an electronic system 402 configured to operate in accordance with the present invention. The watch device 400 comprises a watch band 404 and the watch band 404 comprises an antenna attached thereto or integrally formed therein. The antenna is connected to the electronic system 402 included in the watch. The electronic system 402 may be included in a bezel, as shown in FIG. 3, or included in some other part of the clock device.

Electronic system 402 is a computer-based system that includes functionality to operate as a receiver and / or transceiver type of device. As shown in the figure, the electronic system includes a transceiver 406, a microcomputer unit or microprocessor 408, and an analog radio 410. The antenna is connected to the transceiver 406 and is controlled by the transceiver 406. Transactions between the microprocessor 408 and the radio components are mediated through a microprocessor-to-digital transceiver interface. The components of the watch 400 are housed in a clock-sized enclosure and are dependent on battery power for operation.

The transceiver 406 generally includes a digital signal processor (DSP) 412 for performing control, scheduling, and post-processing tasks for the transceiver, and a real-time device RTD) < / RTI > The DSP 412 is coupled to the microprocessor 408 and the transceiver tasks are ordered by the microprocessor 408.

One of the tasks of the DSP is to process the received data for purposes such as subcarrier phase recovery, baud recovery and / or tracking, compensation for fading effects, demodulation, deinterleaving, channel state estimation and error correction have. Post-processing of packets may occur when the entire packet is received or at another subsequent time. The DSP 412 analyzes the transmitted data packet to determine the signal timing of the broadcast station with respect to the local clock of the RTD 414. [ The local clock is synchronized to the transmitter ' s clock signal to maintain signal sampling integrity. The receiver periodically synchronizes the symbol with the transmitter to minimize misinterpretation of the received data.

The digital section of RTD 414 may include a system time-based generator, such as a crystal oscillator, which provides the system clock to microprocessor 408 and DSP 412. The time-based also provides transmit and receive operations, a board and sample timing for start / stop control for radio operations, and controls the duration of a clock suspension on demand. The RTD 414 may also perform radio operations and may perform additional operations. Radio 410 is arranged to receive segments of data that are placed in the packet.

As described above, the user interface is configured as a means for selecting one or more services. In one example, a wireless client device user interacts with the user interface to select services such as news, stock quotes, weather, and other characteristics such as personal calendars, address books, and the like. The selected services are entered into the database for later broadcast transmission. At a specified time (or time interval), the scheduling interface communicates with the broadcast server to start the transmission sequence of data for the selected service. The broadcast server then formats the data for reception by one or more wireless client devices, queues the data for transmission, and forwards the queued data to the FM broadcast tower for transmission. In an alternative example, the scheduling interface delivers the selected service to the broadcast server. The broadcast server schedules a time interval for transmission of the selected service.

Each broadcast transmission corresponds to a transmission of one or more frames arranged according to a frame protocol. Each frame may contain a number of messages, some of which are public-broadcast (also referred to as "global" or "shared" messages) while other messages are client-specific (also called "private" have. Each frame contains a table of contents representing the extent of the message found in the next transmitted frame. All clients located within a given service area can receive shared messages, whereas private messages can only be decoded by a single client.

Each frame includes a header, a table of contents, and a message payload containing content for one or more selected services as previously described. The header also includes other information such as authentication data, an identified service area, a language, an available station for the identified service area, a frame number, and a timestamp. The control information may also be included in one of the headers to indicate a broadcast condition, such as a change in available channels, an allocation of service area to a particular wireless client device, and an allocation of a particular channel (frequency). In one example, each frame includes a change counter in one of the headers to indicate that a change has occurred in the system. The wireless client device (client) may use a change counter to determine when to initiate a failover (when the broadcast tower becomes unavailable).

The client device may be organized into a series of layers similar to the OSI network model. The layers include a physical layer, a link layer, a network layer, a transport layer, and an application layer. The physical layer receives the FM subcarrier transmission information and provides symbols to the link layer. The link layer divides the symbols into segments and handles viterbi coding, data whitening, and interleaving functions. The network layer receives the segments and generates logical packets. The network layer also handles cyclic redundancy checking (CRC), encryption, and Reed-Solomon coding. The transport layer includes a data handler that decodes a logical packet to retrieve a table of contents (TOC) and handles communications to the application layer. The application layer resides on the client device and comprises a set of applications related to the subscription of the broadcast service.

Applications on the client device are registered in the transport layer. The transport layer maintains a data handler for each registered application and retrieves the TOC from the logical packet received from the network layer. The transport layer informs the registered application that the data stream will be available in the next frame transmission identified by the service ID. Each application program applies a series of metrics to determine the priority for reception of the data stream, which is submitted to the transport layer of the client device. Prioritization is performed independently by each application on the client device based on any criteria, such as preference data, error correction requirements, as well as the base and elevated priority levels. The transport layer re-examines all of the requests, determines which requests are to be accepted, and translates the accepted requests into packet requests for the network layer. The network layer retrieves the associated packet of the next frame transmission and forwards the packets to the associated associated application via the data handler.

The lowest layer of the architecture is the machine / electronic layer 426, and in particular operates to collect raw inputs from the wireless signal (here received FM transmission and / or from the user). This layer 426 also operates to provide the user with formatted information in response to raw input and / or user interaction itself. To enable operation in such a software driven environment, the mechanical or analog display output needs to incorporate a mechanical-to-electrical conversion so that the results are handled by a hardware abstraction layer (HAL) 428. The HAL layer 428 acts as an interface layer between the raw electronic signal and the bit-encoded information. The HAL layer 428 provides generalization for the underlying hardware such that different hardware components providing similar characteristics can be handled in a homogeneous manner by the common language runtime (CLR)

According to the present embodiment, the library is implemented in a high-level .NET Framework language and compiled into IL code. The library is an object-oriented API and is the only layer exposed to application programmers, providing a secure execution environment. The device 420 uses several libraries including a hardware library and a managed driver library that provide an object oriented API that can run underlying hardware while listening and responding to hardware events such as button presses or wireless signal capture events. According to other embodiments, the library and driver may be extended to suit various H / W characteristics.

As described above, each client device may be a general purpose I / O (GpIO), a Versatile Timer Unit (VTU), SPI and other features intended to drive hardware and communicate with the hardware, (Or 9) core with additional functionality, such as a VTU, that exposes the PWM (PWM) function. External hardware, including the various analog (mechanical) directives described in the present invention, is abstracted into a collection of objects in the shell 422 and the H / W library 424. Such objects expose the nature of the H / W that is of interest to the managed application and affect processor functionality to communicate and drive the hardware. The hardware and the application preferably provide a two-way interaction, and the application can collect data from the H / W by means of both a push and a pull mechanism, and the H / , And thus can drive it. Thus, communications to and from the hardware layer 432 and the application layer 434 are formed bi-directionally on top of the API object model.

As described above, an application input via H / W can be received via a wireless signal channel, such as, for example, a radio, or via a connection to a host PC (COM or USB) User input and wireless signal data. The output of the application consists of sophisticated data directed to an application running on the host PC or to an electronic and / or machine medium designed to provide information to the user.

Object APIs, and interaction with the CLR and underlying HAL layers allow application programmers to present information using a variety of mechanisms. The presentation layer is driven from visual, tactile and acoustic mechanisms, which may be electronic or mechanical, LED and LCD displays, needles, dials, rings, discs, and generally electrically modulated sources to provide tactile, visual, and / Any motion or motionless mechanism that can be generated can be used. Those of skill in the art will be familiar with the various mechanisms that are useful in conveying information to a user and the present invention is not intended to be limited by any of the examples or illustrations described herein.

The mechanism can be programmed by controlling the generation and modulation of electronic signals from the object API layer. For example, one implementation might use a generic API that can drive core GpIO and VTU circuits, or use a more sophisticated and specific driver that can use the underlying APIs and direct calls to special-purpose routines in the CLR and HAL layers do. The library is designed to allow both a push and a full programming paradigm, and the CLR layer can call back to the library in response to a hardware event, or the library can poll the CLR layer 430, And polls the HAL layer 428 in order to extract the H / W status and operation.

As described above, the clock device 300 includes an analog or mechanical display characteristic 310 for displaying information received from a radio frequency (RF) driving source, preferably a radio signal transmitted from a frequency modulated source, And / or a digital display 314. The information included in the wireless signal may include stock information, sports information, weather information, and other desired user information. The timepiece of the present invention uses the analog and / or mechanical display characteristics described in detail below to allow information received from a wireless signal to be delivered to a user.

In an alternative embodiment, the channel may be automatically displayed as part of a rotation schedule. For example, analog and digital displays 310 and 314 may update and communicate stock information based on stock channel transmissions for a predetermined period of time. It is also possible to update each display independently. After a predetermined period of time, for example, two minutes, the analog and digital displays 310 and 314 may be in a predetermined period of time, which may be different intervals as compared to other display intervals, . The timing and update characteristics may be applied to the embodiments discussed below.

The analog display 310 includes a pointer 312 and "plus" and "minus" indicators 313a and 313b. The " plus " and " minus " indicators correspond to a change in volume and a change in volume in the stock index according to the current channel displayed on the digital display 314. In another example, the " plus " and " minus " indicators may correspond to a change in volume and a change in volume relative to a competitor in a sports contest such as a football game. A positive indication indicates to the user that a particular stock, team, etc. is rising based on the current display.

The pointer 312, which conveys the relative information, is partially controlled by the information received from the wireless broadcast signal. As discussed above, after processing the radio signal, the electronic system transforms the information to control the input to control the movement of the pointer 312. The electronic system also converts information to control the output of the digital display 314. The stepped analog display informs the user whether a significant change has occurred, no change, or minor change has occurred with respect to the currently displayed channel. The farther the pointer 312 extends to the "plus" or "minus" sector, the greater the change. 3, the pointer 312 of the analog display 310 communicates to the user that the particular stock channel (e.g., NASDAQ channel) shown on the digital display 314 is unchanged at that instant . It will be appreciated that the clock device 300 may also include other information icons in digital and / or analog displays, and is not limited to any particular type of information content.

For example, watch device 300 may receive a send message that includes a stock quote from a stock channel broadcast service. A broadcast service for a stock channel may have a series of subscription stock quotes (e.g., MSFT, IBM, ORCL, etc.) that are indexed for an application on the client device. For this type of data stream, the stream locator identifies the starting location for the stock ticker message of the stock channel application for the client device. Each subsequent stock quote is an individual message that is in turn followed by a starting position identified by the stream detector. The client collects all of the packets of the message before deserializing the content for the application layer.

Referring now to FIG. 4, an exemplary clock device 500 is shown. Clock device 500 displays the current time and other information received from a wireless signal, for example, a signal broadcast over an FM channel. The watch device 500 is tuned to receive and transmit transmissions from the FM transmitter. As shown in the figures, the watch 500 has a refined and refined look that is desirable for many consumers.

The clock device 500 preferably includes a bezel 502 that includes an electronic system. The bezel 502 includes a plurality of analog displays 504 and 506. The bezel also includes analog-type hands 508a-c for tracking time, minutes, and seconds. In an alternative embodiment, the hand may be used to track or draw attention to other information. For this embodiment, the hour and minute hands 508a and 508b also each include light emitting diodes (LEDs) 510a and 510b, respectively. Each time indication 512 also preferably includes an LED. The clock device 500 utilizes LEDs, either alone or in combination, to convey information to a user of the device as described further below. The clock device 500 also includes at least one selector 514 operable as a user interface (UI). The selector 514 operates according to both translational and rotational movements, allowing a number of functions to be performed based on how the selector is operated by the user (see the discussion of FIG. 3 above).

The first and second analog displays 504 and 506 together convey information to the user based on the currently selected channel. For this embodiment, analog displays 504 and 506 each include a window made as part of the clock surface described below, and an information indicator mechanism including a plurality of information icons. The first analog display includes a window 504a and an information indicator mechanism 504b. As shown in FIG. 4, the watch device is currently receiving wireless broadcast transmissions from the DOW Jones Index Stock channel. For this particular example, the information icon 516 of the first analog display, the DOW stock channel indicator, notifies the user of the watch 500 that the watch device is using DOW stock information from the wireless signal. The user knows that the watch is using the DOW stock information based on the DOW information icon being displayed in the window of the first analog display 504. [

The second analog display 506 also includes a window 506a and an information indicator mechanism 506b that includes a plurality of information icons. The information icon 518 of the second analog display provides additional information to the user based on the icon displayed on the first analog display 504. [ For example, the second analog display 506 is displaying an information icon with an arrowhead pointing upward or a triangle of a straight shape, thereby providing a relative value. The information icon 518 informs the user of the watch 500 that the DOW stock index has a rising or a positive change for a day based on the symbols displayed by the first and second analog displays.

For example, as shown in FIG. 4, the watch 500 displays a DOW information icon 516a on a first analog display 504. The positive arrow indicator 518a of the second analog display 506 informs the user that the DOW is rising at the current time based on the information received and processed from the wireless signal. When displayed, the negative arrow indicator 518b of the second analog display 506 conveys to the user that the DOW is falling at the current time. Subsequently, when displayed, the no change indicator 518c of the second analog display 506 conveys to the user that DOW is unchanged.

The first analog display 504 also includes other stock indicator icons 516b-c and 516f-g associated with other stock information. The stock indicator icon 516b corresponds to New York Stock Trading (NYEX), the stock indicator icon 516c corresponds to American Stock Trading (AMEX), the stock indicator icon 516f corresponds to NASDAQ Stock Trading (NASD) And the stock indicator icon 516g corresponds to Standard & Poor's (S & P). As described above, the information icons 518a-c may be used with the information icons 516a-c and 516f-g to convey stock information and / or specific stock information relative to the user of the watch 500 have.

For this embodiment, each information indicator mechanism may have the form of a disk or wheel located behind the clock surface 520, so that only the user sees the displayed icon through the windows 504a and 506a. It will be appreciated that other mechanisms such as rotary drums, rotary tapes, etc. may be utilized for the information indicator mechanism 504b. No matter what mechanism is used for the information indicator mechanism, it must be designed to make the viewing pleasing, that is, sophisticated. For this embodiment, the information indicating mechanism 504b, which is a disc, can be driven by a motor, a piezoelectric device or the like based on a radio signal received and processed by the electronic system. Each disk may be rotated by an electronic system to display a specific icon based on information processed from the wireless signal.

In various alternative embodiments, one or more LEDs may be used to convey information to a user of the watch device. For example, an LED may be caused to display a " red " if a particular stock price index or team falls on that day, or if the weather is severe or harsh. For example, if a particular stock index or team is rising that day, or if the weather is pleasant, the LED may be caused to display "green". Vibration and / or sound output from the contact interface 276 and the audio interface 274 may also be used to convey information to the user of the watch device based on the received and processed wireless signal. For example, if the user's team wins the game, or if a significant change occurs in the stock portfolio, the watch may be caused to vibrate and / or sound. The vibrations and / or sounds may be modulated at different frequencies depending on different events, such as, for example, loss, victory, stock up or down, overtime or duration. Each information indicator mechanism may be made to include more or less information icons that are operable to deliver different types of content and that the present invention is not intended to be limited by any of the examples and / You will know that it does not.

Embodiments of the present invention may be represented by functional block configurations and various processing steps. These functional blocks may be implemented in a wide variety of hardware and / or software configurations that perform particular functions. For example, an embodiment may include an integrated circuit configuration such as memory, processing, logic, look-up tables, etc., which may perform various functions by control of one or more microprocessors or by other control devices Can be employed. Similar to the components of the present invention may be implemented with software programming or software components, embodiments may include various algorithms implemented in a combination of data structures, processes, routines, or other programming constructs, such as C, C ++ , Java (Java), assembler, and the like. Functional aspects may be implemented with algorithms running on one or more processors. The embodiments may also employ conventional techniques for electronic configuration, signal processing, and / or data processing. Terms such as "mechanism", "element", "means", "configuration" may be used broadly and are not limited to mechanical and physical configurations. The term may include the meaning of a series of routines of software in conjunction with a processor or the like.

The specific implementations described in the embodiments are, by way of example, not intended to limit the scope of the embodiments in any way. For brevity of description, descriptions of conventional electronic configurations, control systems, software, and other functional aspects of such systems may be omitted. Also, the connections or connecting members of the lines between the components shown in the figures are illustrative of functional connections and / or physical or circuit connections, which may be replaced or additionally provided by a variety of functional connections, physical Connection, or circuit connections. Also, unless explicitly mentioned, such as " essential ", " importantly ", etc., it may not be a necessary component for application of the present invention.

The present invention has been described with reference to the preferred embodiments. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. Therefore, the disclosed embodiments should be considered in an illustrative rather than a restrictive sense. The scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description, and all differences within the scope of equivalents thereof should be construed as being included in the present invention.

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A receiver for receiving a wireless signal comprising information from a wireless transmission;
An electronic system for processing the received radio signal, the system configured to extract information from the received radio signal and provide a control signal based thereon;
A display comprising: analog indicator means for displaying information extracted by said electronic system, said analog indicator means for providing details to a user based in part on information extracted from said received wireless signal;
Driving means for driving the analog display means of the display in accordance with the control signal; And
And a power supply means for providing power to the device. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the analog indicator means further comprises at least one mechanical indicator for providing a context or value. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the analog indicator means further comprises a first mechanical indicator and a second mechanical indicator, the first mechanical indicator providing a context based on information received and processed from the radio signal, A mechanical movement-based hybrid smart watch. The method of claim 3,
Each mechanical indicator is a mechanical movement-based hybrid smart watch in which each icon includes a number of icons representing a context or value. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the display further comprises digital display means. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the wireless signal comprises a message packet containing information tailored to a user of the device. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the analog indicator means further comprises at least one mechanical indicator consisting essentially of a tactile, audible or visual mechanism. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the analog indicator means further comprises a first mechanical indicator, a second mechanical indicator, a third mechanical indicator and a fourth mechanical indicator, wherein the first mechanical indicator provides a first context, 1 context, wherein the third mechanical indicator provides a second context, and wherein the fourth mechanical indicator provides a second value associated with the second context.

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