Smart Ring Rotational Housing for False-Touch-Free Interaction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Smart wearable devices, such as smart rings, face challenges with inconvenient operation and low interaction efficiency, particularly in interacting with external devices due to issues like false touch and monitoring.
Innovation Solution
A smart wearable device design featuring a first and second housing with an electrical track assembly and circuit board, allowing relative movement and rotation to trigger electrical signals through a conductive printing layer, enabling distinct interactive functions via rotation and pressing operations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a smart wearable device uses traditional touch interaction methods, then the device structure remains simple, but false touches occur and interaction efficiency is low
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic interaction by allowing the second housing to rotate relative to the first housing, creating multiple interaction modes (rotation direction, rotation angle, pressing depth) that dynamically change the electrical connection state between the conductive printing layer and electrical track assembly, thereby improving interaction accuracy without excessive structural complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The device is segmented into multiple functional components: first housing with electrical track assembly, second housing with conductive printing layer, and third housing with circuit board. This segmentation allows independent optimization of each component and reduces false touches by separating the sensing and control functions
2Productivity
If a smart wearable device enables multiple interaction modes, then interaction efficiency improves, but the device structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent achieves multi-functionality through a universal rotational interface where the second housing can perform multiple functions: rotating clockwise/counter-clockwise for different operations, pressing at different depths for different triggers, and combining rotation with pressing for simultaneous operations. This single universal interface improves interaction efficiency without requiring multiple separate control mechanisms
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges the rotation and pressing functions into a unified interaction system where the second housing simultaneously supports both rotational movement and axial pressing, allowing combined operations (rotating while pressing) to trigger specific functions, thereby improving productivity through integrated multi-mode interaction
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enhances interaction efficiency and accuracy by allowing separate or simultaneous rotation and pressing actions to trigger specific functions, reducing false touches and improving user interaction with external devices.
Implementation Method 1
The electrical track assembly and the circuit board are driven to cooperate with each other and trigger an electrical signal
Data Source
AI summary
A smart wearable device includes a first housing, a second housing, an electrical track assembly, a third housing, a battery, and a circuit board. The second housing is sleeved on an outer side of the first housing. The electrical track assembly is arranged on the outer side of the first housing. The third housing is sleeved between the first housing and the second housing. The battery is annularly arranged around an outer side of the third housing. The circuit board is arranged on the third housing. The second housing and the first housing are configured to be movable relative to each other. The electrical track assembly and the circuit board are driven to cooperate with each other and trigger an electrical signal. The battery and the circuit board are configured to be rotatable together with the third housing.