Paired Remote Device Control Through a Wearable Circular Display
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing wearable electronic devices face challenges in efficiently integrating processing and display systems within a compact, wearable form factor while maintaining user interaction and environmental sealing.
Innovation Solution
A wearable electronic device design that incorporates a circular display with a rotatable outer ring and band, featuring a stack-up of components including a touch-sensitive layer, battery, processor board, and sensors, with environmental sealing and reduced inactive display area, allowing for user interaction through the outer ring and band.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Volume of moving object
If processing and display systems are integrated in a compact wearable form factor, then device portability and wearability are improved, but device complexity and manufacturing difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The device is divided into distinct functional layers including a display assembly with touch-sensitive layer, a separate processor board, a battery compartment, and sensor modules. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently while maintaining overall compactness through strategic arrangement of these modular units within the wearable housing.
Solution Approach 2:
Multiple functional components are nested within the compact wearable structure, with the display assembly containing the touch-sensitive layer, the processor board housing various processing units, and the battery integrated into the overall device architecture. This nesting approach maximizes space utilization while maintaining accessibility to key components.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a circular display with rotatable outer ring is implemented, then user interaction capabilities are enhanced, but manufacturing precision and assembly difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The outer ring is designed to rotate relative to the display assembly, providing dynamic interaction capabilities. This rotational mechanism allows the interface to adapt to different user preferences and interaction scenarios, enhancing versatility while the precision mounting ensures reliable operation through controlled mechanical movement rather than fixed rigid connections.
3Reliability
If environmental sealing is implemented, then device reliability and protection are improved, but device complexity and assembly difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
Environmental sealing is achieved through gaskets, seals, and protective coatings applied to the housing and component interfaces. These thin film barriers provide effective environmental protection while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure that does not fundamentally alter the device architecture or require complex assembly procedures.
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AI summary
In one embodiment, a method includes displaying functions associated with a remote device at a wearable computing device, wherein the remote device is paired with the wearable computing device, receiving a user input from a user at the wearable computing device, determining intended operations of one or more of the functions by the user based on the user input, sending instructions for executing the intended operations of the one or more of the functions associated with the remote device to the remote device, and displaying execution results of the intended operations of the one or more of the functions associated with the remote device at the wearable computing device.