CN106200342A - Wearable electronic device - Google Patents

Abstract

A wearable electronic device includes a device body, a motor, a crown, a voltage detection module, an instruction judgment module and a processing module. The motor is accommodated in the device body, and the motor includes a motor body and a first transmission member. The crown includes a knob, a pivot and a transmission unit, and the pivot is movably arranged in the device body. The two ends of the pivot are respectively connected to the knob and the transmission unit. When the transmission unit moves to the transmission position with the pivot, the transmission unit is connected to the first transmission member, so that the motor and the crown are linked, so that when the knob is rotated, the first transmission member is driven to rotate by the transmission unit, so that the motor generates an induced voltage. The voltage detection module detects the induced voltage. The instruction judgment module judges the operation instruction corresponding to the induced voltage value for execution by the processing module. The wearable electronic device of the present invention can achieve the effect of controlling the execution function of the wearable electronic device and increase the practicality of the wearable electronic device.

Description

Wearable Electronic Devices

technical field

The invention relates to a wearable electronic device, in particular to a wearable electronic device with a crown as an instruction input unit.

Background technique

With the vigorous development of science and technology, various types of wearable electronic devices have appeared on the market, such as sports bracelets or smart watches, but the command input units of such wearable electronic devices are mostly physical buttons or touch modules. Limited by the portable type and size of wearable electronic devices, the size of physical buttons or touch modules that can be set is limited, which not only poses a major challenge for the diversified development of wearable electronic devices, but also causes consumption The operator is inconvenient in operation, so there is a need for improvement.

Contents of the invention

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a wearable electronic device, in which the crown is set as an instruction input unit, so as to solve the technical problem that the design of the instruction input unit is limited due to the size of the existing wearable electronic device.

To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a wearable electronic device, comprising:

a device body;

A motor is accommodated in the device body, and the motor includes a motor body and a first transmission member;

A crown, including a knob, a pivot and a transmission unit, the pivot is movably passed through the device body, the two ends of the pivot are respectively connected to the knob and the transmission unit, so that the transmission unit is relatively The device body moves, and when the transmission unit moves to a transmission position with the pivot, the transmission unit is connected with the first transmission member, so that the motor and the crown are linked, so that when the knob rotates, by The transmission unit drives the first transmission member to rotate, so that the motor generates an induced voltage;

A voltage detection module, electrically connected to the motor, for detecting the induced voltage;

An instruction judging module, used to judge an operation instruction corresponding to the induced voltage value; and

A processing module executes the operation instruction.

Wherein, the first transmission member is a sector gear, and the transmission unit is a sector gear. When the transmission unit moves to the transmission position, the first transmission member meshes with the transmission unit, so that the motor and the crown are linked.

Wherein, the first transmission member includes a first gear and a transmission gear, the first gear meshes with the transmission gear, and when the transmission unit moves to the transmission position along with the pivot, the transmission unit meshes with the transmission gear The motor is linked with the crown.

Wherein, the motor has a motor mode and a generator mode, the motor includes a mode conversion module, and the mode conversion module is electrically connected with the motor main body to switch the motor to operate in the motor mode or the generator mode.

Wherein, the motor includes a switch, the mode conversion module is electrically connected with the motor and the switch, when the transmission unit moves to the transmission position with the crown, the switch is in a conduction state, the mode The conversion module controls the motor to enter the generator mode.

Wherein, the switch includes an elastic piece and a ring piece, and when the switch is in the conduction state, the elastic piece contacts the ring piece.

Wherein, when the transmission unit moves out of the transmission position along with the crown, the switch is in a cut-off state, and the mode conversion module controls the motor to enter the motor mode.

Wherein, the switch includes an elastic piece and a ring piece, and when the switch is in the cut-off state, the ring piece is separated from the elastic piece.

With this design, the user can directly pull the crown, so that the transmission unit connected to the crown is connected to the first transmission member, so that the motor and the crown are linked, so that when the knob is rotated, the processing module executes a function corresponding to the induced voltage value. command, and then achieve the effect of controlling the execution function of the wearable electronic device, and further increase the practicability of the wearable electronic device.

The present invention will be described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments, but not as a limitation of the present invention.

Description of drawings

FIG. 1 is a partial exploded view of the first embodiment of the wearable electronic device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a hardware architecture diagram of the first embodiment of the wearable electronic device of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of the operation of the transmission device of the first embodiment of the wearable electronic device.

FIG. 4 is a partial explosion diagram of the second embodiment of the wearable electronic device of the present invention.

FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 are schematic diagrams showing the operation of the transmission device of the second embodiment of the wearable electronic device.

Among them, reference signs:

Wearable electronic device 1, 1a

Device body 10

Bottom 11

side wall 12

Motor 20, 20a

Motor body 21

The first transmission member 22, 22a

first gear 221

Transmission gear 222

Mode Conversion Module 23

toggle switch 24

Shrapnel 241

Ring piece 242

Crown 30

pivot 31

Knob 32

Transmission unit 33, 33a

Voltage detection module 50

Command judging module 60

processing module 70

Junction 313

piercing 121

detailed description

In order to understand the technical content of the present invention, specific examples are specifically cited as follows.

Please refer to FIG. 1 to FIG. 3 together for the partial explosion diagram, the hardware architecture diagram and the operation diagram of the transmission device of the first embodiment of the wearable electronic device of the present invention.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the wearable electronic device 1 of the present invention may be a watch or a pocket watch, which includes mechanical components that support the operation of the watch or pocket watch, such as: timers, batteries, microcontrollers, and circuit boards. However, these components are existing components, and these components are not the focus of the improvement of the present invention, so details of related components will not be repeated or shown. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 , the wearable electronic device 1 of the present invention includes a device body 10 , a motor 20 , a crown 30 , a voltage detection module 50 , a command judgment module 60 and a processing module 70 . As shown in FIG. 1, the device body 10 includes a bottom surface 11 and a side wall 12, and the side wall 12 includes a perforation 121. The device body 10 of this embodiment is a device body of a watch or a pocket watch for accommodating the aforementioned wearable electronic device 1. components required for operation.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 3 , the motor 20 includes a motor body 21, a first transmission member 22, a mode conversion module 23, and a switch 24. The first transmission member 22 is a sector gear and is arranged on the motor body. 21 is near the side of the crown 30 . The motor 20 has a motor mode and a generator mode. The mode conversion module 23 is used to switch the motor 20 to operate in the motor mode or the generator mode. The mode conversion module 23 is electrically connected to the motor main body 21 and the switch 24 . As shown in FIG. 1 , the switch 24 includes an elastic piece 241 and a ring piece 242. The elastic piece 241 is arranged on the bottom surface 11 and is electrically connected to the motor body 21 through the circuit board in the wearable electronic device 1. The ring piece 242 of this embodiment It is an E-ring and is arranged on the joint part 313 of the crown 30 .

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3 , when the ring piece 242 moves with the crown 30 to contact the elastic piece 241 , the switch 24 is in the conduction state, and the mode conversion module 23 controls the motor 20 to enter the generator mode. It should be noted that the motor 20 has an electromagnet and an induction coil inside. When the motor 20 enters the generator mode, the motor 20 operates on the principle that the rotation of the induction coil changes the magnetic field to generate an induced voltage. On the contrary, when the ring piece 242 moves with the crown 30 and separates from the contact elastic piece 241, the switching switch 24 is in the cut-off state. At this time, the mode conversion module 23 controls the motor 20 to enter the motor mode. It should be noted that because the motor of this embodiment 20 is a vibration motor, so the motor mode is a vibration mode. As shown in Figures 1 and 3, the crown 30 includes a knob 31, a pivot 32 and a transmission unit 33, the two ends of the pivot 32 are respectively connected to the knob 31 and the transmission unit 33, the pivot 32 is not connected to the knob 31 One end enters the device body 10 through the through hole 121 , while the knob 32 is exposed on the side wall 12 . In this embodiment, the transmission unit 33 is a sector gear corresponding to the first transmission member 22 .

As shown in Figure 3, when the knob 31 is pulled to move away from the side wall 12 (like the action of pulling the crown of a watch when adjusting the time), the pivot 32 can move relative to the device body 10, so as to drive the transmission unit 33 to face each other. The device body 10 moves until the transmission unit 33 engages with the first transmission member 22 , and the position of the transmission unit 33 when the transmission unit 33 engages with the first transmission member 22 is the transmission position. At the same time, as shown in FIG. 3 , the ring piece 242 moves along with the crown 30 to contact with the elastic piece 241 , so that the switch 24 is in a conduction state, and the motor 20 enters the generator mode at this moment. In this state, the user can turn the knob 32 clockwise or counterclockwise to rotate the pivot 32 together, and the rotation of the pivot 32 drives the transmission unit 33 and the first transmission member 22 to rotate together. At this time, the first The transmission member 22 will drive the induction coil inside the motor 20 to rotate together, and the magnetic field will be changed by the rotation of the induction coil to generate an induced voltage.

As shown in FIG. 2 , the electrical detection module 50 is electrically connected to the motor 20 . When the motor 20 enters the generator mode, the electrical detection module 50 detects the induced voltage generated by the motor 20 in the generator mode. The command judging module 60 is electrically connected to the voltage detecting module 50 , and the command judging module 60 stores preset operating commands corresponding to different induced voltage values as a basis for comparison by the command judging module 60 . For example: according to an embodiment of the present invention, the motor 20 can generate an induced voltage range with a maximum value of ±1mV-±5mV according to the number and direction of the clockwise or counterclockwise rotation of the knob 32. Therefore, technicians can It is pre-set that when the induced voltage is +1mV, the operation command corresponding to the induced voltage value is to increase the volume, and when the induced voltage is -1mV, the operation command corresponding to the induced voltage value is to decrease the volume, but this is only for the present invention exemplification, not limitation of the present invention. The voltage detection module 50 may be a detector capable of detecting voltage, and the instruction judgment module 60 may be an application program, a hardware chip or a combination of the two, but the present invention is not limited thereto. The processing module 70 may be a control chip or a microprocessor, but the implementation of the processing module 70 is not limited thereto, and may also be one of hardware, software, and firmware, or any combination of any two or more of them.

If the induced voltage detected by the electrical detection module 50 is +1mV, the instruction judgment module 60 will judge that the operation instruction corresponding to the voltage value is to turn up the volume, and the processing module 70 executes the operation instruction determined by the order judgment module 60 (such as: Turn up the volume), so as to achieve the purpose of using the crown 30 as a command input unit to control the wearable electronic device 1 . After the adjustment is completed, the user only needs to push the crown 30 toward the direction close to the side wall 12 (similar to the action of pushing the crown after the time adjustment of a watch is completed). At this time, as shown in Figure 2, the pivot 32 moves relative to the device body 10, and drives the transmission unit 33 to move relative to the device body 10 so that the transmission unit 33 exits the state of meshing with the first transmission member 22, and the ring piece 242 will also follow The crown 30 moves to separate from the shrapnel 241, so that the toggle switch 24 is in a cut-off state. At this time, the motor 20 will enter the motor mode. At this time, the motor 20 uses vibration to remind the user of its function.

Please refer to FIG. 4 to FIG. 6 together below for a partial explosion diagram of a second embodiment of the wearable electronic device of the present invention and an actuation diagram of the transmission device.

As shown in FIG. 4, in the second embodiment, the first transmission member 22a of the motor 20a of the wearable electronic device 1a includes a first gear 221 and a transmission gear 222, wherein the first gear 221 meshes with the transmission gear 222, and the transmission The gear 222 is disposed on the bottom surface 11 , and the first gear 221 is connected to the motor body 21 . As shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 , when the transmission unit 33 moves to the transmission position along with the pivot 32 , the transmission unit 33 meshes with the transmission gear 222 to make the motor 20 and the crown 30 move in unison. In this state, the transmission unit 33 is linked with the first gear 221 through the transmission gear 222 instead of directly meshing with the first gear 221 . This part is the biggest difference between the second embodiment and the first embodiment. The operation of other components of the wearable electronic device 1 a is the same as that of the wearable electronic device 1 , so the details will not be repeated, please refer to the relevant description of the wearable electronic device 1 .

With this design, the user can intuitively control the execution functions of the wearable electronic device 1, 1a by pulling the crown (like the action of pulling and pushing the crown of a watch to adjust the time), so as to increase the wearable electronic device 1, 1a practicality and convenience.

Certainly, the present invention also can have other multiple embodiments, without departing from the spirit and essence of the present invention, those skilled in the art can make various corresponding changes and deformations according to the present invention, but these corresponding Changes and deformations should belong to the scope of protection of the appended claims of the present invention.

Claims (8)

1. A wearable electronic device, characterized in that, comprising: a device body; A motor is accommodated in the device body, and the motor includes a motor body and a first transmission member; A crown, including a knob, a pivot and a transmission unit, the pivot is movably passed through the device body, the two ends of the pivot are respectively connected to the knob and the transmission unit, so that the transmission unit is relatively The device body moves, and when the transmission unit moves to a transmission position with the pivot, the transmission unit is connected with the first transmission member, so that the motor and the crown are linked, so that when the knob rotates, by The transmission unit drives the first transmission member to rotate, so that the motor generates an induced voltage; A voltage detection module, electrically connected to the motor, for detecting the induced voltage; An instruction judging module, used to judge an operation instruction corresponding to the induced voltage value; and A processing module executes the operation instruction. 2. The wearable electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the first transmission member is a sector gear, the transmission unit is a sector gear, and when the transmission unit moves to the transmission position, the first transmission member The transmission unit is engaged, so that the motor is linked with the crown. 3. The wearable electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the first transmission member comprises a first gear and a transmission gear, the first gear meshes with the transmission gear, and when the transmission unit follows the pivot When the shaft moves to the transmission position, the transmission unit meshes with the transmission gear to make the motor and the crown interlock. 4. The wearable electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the motor has a motor mode and a generator mode, the motor includes a mode conversion module, and the mode conversion module is electrically connected to the motor body to Switching the motor to operate in the motor mode or the generator mode. 5. The wearable electronic device according to claim 4, wherein the motor includes a switch, the mode conversion module is electrically connected with the motor and the switch, when the transmission unit moves to the In the transmission position, the switch is in a conducting state, and the mode conversion module controls the motor to enter the generator mode. 6 . The wearable electronic device according to claim 5 , wherein the toggle switch comprises an elastic piece and a ring piece, and when the switch is in the conduction state, the elastic piece contacts the ring piece. 7 . 7. The wearable electronic device according to claim 4, wherein when the transmission unit moves out of the transmission position along with the crown, the switch is in a cut-off state, and the mode conversion module controls the motor to enter the transmission position. motor mode. 8 . The wearable electronic device according to claim 7 , wherein the toggle switch comprises an elastic piece and a ring piece, and when the switch is in the cut-off state, the ring piece is separated from the elastic piece.