HK1234168A - Smart wristwatch structure - Google Patents

Description

Intelligent wristwatch structure

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of wristwatches, in particular to an intelligent wristwatch structure.

Background

Currently, it is becoming more and more common to dispose a wireless antenna and a functional module in a wristwatch so that the wristwatch becomes an intelligent wristwatch, and a chip antenna (chip antenna), a helical antenna (Helix antenna), a patch antenna (patch antenna) or a loop antenna (loop antenna) is usually employed in the conventional wireless antenna for the intelligent wristwatch to receive and transmit signals. The chip antenna or the like is an electromagnetic field antenna, that is, the chip antenna or the like receives and transmits signals using an electromagnetic field.

The conventional smart watch structure generally includes a watch face, a dial, a watch case, and a bottom case. The dial, the watch case and the bottom case are sequentially combined from top to bottom to form an accommodating space. The antenna is disposed in the accommodating space or the case inside the wristwatch, however, the object forming the accommodating space such as the case, the bottom case, and the dial of the conventional smart wristwatch is generally made of metal, and the metal has a signal shielding property, so that the signal received or transmitted by the accommodating space or the antenna inside the case of the conventional smart wristwatch is affected by the metal object such as the case, the bottom case, and the dial.

Even if at least one of the dial, the watch case and the bottom case forming the accommodating space is made of nonmetal, or at least one object is made of nonmetal, if the antenna is placed in the accommodating space or the watch case, the antenna will still be affected by the object forming the accommodating space, such as the dial, the watch case and the bottom case, or the movement, the function module and the battery placed in the accommodating space, so that the wireless communication distance with the mobile terminal is greatly shortened.

Referring to fig. 1, fig. 1 shows a structure of a conventional smart wristwatch. The conventional smart wristwatch includes a case 20 ', a function module 18 ", a dedicated battery 24", and a bottom case 26'. The dedicated battery 24 "is used to provide the power required by the functional module 18". The special battery 24 ' is stacked between the case 20 ' and the bottom case 26 ', so that the conventional smart wristwatch has a large increase in volume due to an increase in thickness. The intelligent wrist watch on the market all has the problem of too high thickness and too big volume at present.

There is therefore a need to provide a solution to the problems of the prior art antenna and battery configurations.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide an intelligent wristwatch structure, which can solve the problem that signals received or transmitted by an antenna are influenced by an object formed by an accommodating space, a movement, a functional module or a battery in the prior art.

Another objective of the present invention is to provide an intelligent wristwatch structure, which can solve the problem of battery accommodation of the intelligent wristwatch in the prior art, so as to solve the problem of a traditional wristwatch with a large thickness due to the battery of the function module.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides an intelligent wristwatch structure comprising: a surface, a dial, a watchcase, a drain pan, an antenna and a functional module. The dial, the case and the bottom case are sequentially combined from top to bottom to form an accommodating space. The antenna is attached to a lower surface of the surface. The functional module is arranged in the accommodating space and used for carrying out wireless communication with a mobile terminal.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides an intelligent wristwatch structure comprising: a surface, a dial, a watchcase, a drain pan, an antenna, a core, a functional module and a special battery. The dial, the case and the bottom case are sequentially combined from top to bottom to form an accommodating space. The antenna is attached to a lower surface of the surface. The movement is arranged in the accommodating space. The functional module is arranged in the accommodating space and used for carrying out wireless communication with a mobile terminal. The special battery is arranged around the movement.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides an intelligent wristwatch structure comprising: a surface, a dial, a case, a bottom shell, an antenna, a core and a special battery. The dial, the case and the bottom case are sequentially combined from top to bottom to form an accommodating space. The antenna is attached to a lower surface of the surface. The movement is integrated with a functional module. The machine core integrated with the functional module is arranged in the accommodating space and used for carrying out wireless communication with a mobile terminal and driving an indicator to provide time function display. The special battery is arranged around the movement.

In the intelligent wristwatch structure, because the antenna is attached to the lower surface of the watch surface instead of being arranged in the accommodating space or the watch case, when the antenna transmits or receives signals, the signals cannot be shielded by the accommodating space formed by metal.

Even if at least one of the objects (dial, case and bottom case) forming the receiving space is made of nonmetal or partially made of nonmetal, the antenna is attached to the lower surface of the surface, so the antenna is almost not interfered, and the antenna is far away from the receiving space formed by the dial, case and bottom case, and the movement, the functional module and the battery, so the wireless communication distance can be maximized when the antenna is in wireless communication with a mobile terminal.

In addition, in the intelligent wristwatch structure, because the battery for supplying power to the functional module is designed to surround the periphery of the original movement of the traditional wristwatch in a special configuration, the required thickness of the watch case is equivalent to the height of the movement of the traditional wristwatch, or the thickness of the watch case which needs to be increased can be reduced.

In order to make the aforementioned and other objects of the present invention more comprehensible, preferred embodiments accompanied with figures are described in detail below:

drawings

Fig. 1 shows a structure of a conventional smart wristwatch.

Fig. 2 is a top view illustrating a structure of a smart wristwatch according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 3 shows an exploded view of the smart wristwatch structure of fig. 2.

Fig. 4 shows a cross-sectional view of the smart wristwatch structure of fig. 2.

Fig. 5 shows a schematic diagram of a control unit of the present invention in wireless communication with a mobile terminal.

Fig. 6 is a schematic view illustrating an antenna attached to a surface according to a first embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 7 is a schematic view illustrating an antenna attached to a surface according to a second embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 8 is a schematic view illustrating an antenna attached to a surface according to a third embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 9 is a schematic view illustrating an antenna attached to a surface according to a fourth embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 10 is a schematic view illustrating the inside of a smart watch structure according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of a dedicated battery and functional modules.

Figure 12 shows a schematic diagram of a dedicated battery around the cartridge.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and effects of the present invention clearer and clearer, the present invention is further described in detail below with reference to the drawings and examples. It should be understood that the particular embodiments described herein are illustrative only, and that the word "embodiment" as used in the description of the invention is intended to serve as an example, instance, or illustration, and is not intended to limit the invention. In addition, the articles "a" and "an" as used in the specification and claims of this invention may generally be construed to mean "one or more" unless specified otherwise or clear from context to be directed to a singular form. Also, in the drawings, elements that are similar or identical in structure or function are represented by like element numbers.

Referring to fig. 2, 3 and 4, fig. 2 is a top view illustrating a smart wristwatch structure according to a first embodiment of the present invention, fig. 3 is an exploded view illustrating the smart wristwatch structure of fig. 2, and fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view illustrating the smart wristwatch structure of fig. 2.

The intelligent wristwatch structure of the present invention includes a surface 10, an antenna 12, a dial 14, a movement 16, a function module 18, a watch case 20, a crown 22, a battery 24 and a bottom case 26. The dial 14, the case 20 and the bottom case 26 are sequentially assembled from top to bottom to form a receiving space 28.

The watch face 10 is made of transparent material (e.g. glass), and the main feature of the present invention is that the antenna 12 is disposed and attached on the lower surface of the watch face 10 instead of being disposed inside the watch case 20 or the accommodating space 28 of the smart wristwatch structure, so that when the antenna 12 is transmitting or receiving signals, the signals are not shielded by the watch case 20. Preferably, the antenna 12 is made of a transparent material.

The dial 14 is provided with a real time scale 140 (e.g., one to twelve o' clock), the indicator 34 (e.g., real hour, minute and second hands) is disposed above the dial 14, the indicator 34 is driven by the movement 16 and cooperates with the time scale 140 on the dial 14 to display time, and the user can see the position information (i.e., time information) indicated by the indicator 140 through the transparent surface 10 and the antenna 12.

Dial 14, case 20 and bottom case 26 serve to protect the mechanical and/or electronic components inside the wristwatch structure.

The intelligent wrist watch structure is provided with a crown 22 at the side, and a user can adjust the time or set the alarm time by rotating a knob on the crown 22.

Battery 24 may provide the power required by movement 16 and/or functional module 18 and may be a disposable or rechargeable battery. The movement 16 and the functional module 18 are disposed in the accommodating space 28 for cooperating with a mobile terminal, and more specifically, the functional module 18 can perform wireless communication with the mobile terminal. It is noted that the functional module 18 may also be provided on the strap of the smart watch structure.

In embodiments of the present invention, battery 24 may provide power to movement 16 and functional module 18, i.e., movement 16 and functional module 18 (and other components within the wristwatch structure) may simultaneously use the power stored by battery 24. In other embodiments, movement 16 and functional module 18 may have separate batteries and power supply systems, i.e., movement 16 and functional module 18 are powered by different batteries.

As shown in fig. 3, the functional module 18 includes an electrical connection substrate 180 and a control unit 182 disposed on the electrical connection substrate 180. Referring to fig. 5, fig. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating a control unit 182 according to the present invention wirelessly communicating with a mobile terminal 30. The control unit 182 of the present invention includes a processor unit 1820, a sensor 1822, and a wireless communication unit 1824. The processor unit 1820, the sensor 1822, and the wireless communication unit 1824 may be packaged on the electrical connection substrate 180 in a single (monolithic) Package structure, such as a System In Package (SiP) structure, or packaged separately or packaged in any combination of the two, and then the electrical signals are transmitted through the same or different wiring structures on the electrical connection substrate. The electrically connecting substrate 180 may be a flexible or rigid multi-layer substrate having a plurality of metal layers and a plurality of dielectric layers, wherein the metal layers are distributed among the dielectric layers for transmitting electrical signals, and the dielectric layers are formed by spin coating (spin coating) using polyimide (polyimide) as a material, for example. Functional module 18 may also include a memory unit 1826, memory unit 1826 may be used for storing data related to processor unit 1820, and memory unit 1826 may also be integrated with processor unit 1820. The mobile terminal 30 has a wireless signal transceiver 32 for receiving and transmitting wireless signals, and the wireless signal transceiver 32 can be a Bluetooth (Bluetooth) transceiver or an NFC (Near Field Communication) transceiver, for example.

Referring to fig. 6, fig. 6 shows a schematic view of an antenna 12A attached to a surface 10 according to a first embodiment of the invention.

In the embodiment, the antenna 12A is only attached to a portion of the lower surface of the surface 10 and is a monopole antenna (metal mesh), which is a conductive film made of metal mesh, metal film (or metal nano film), nano metal wire (nano metal wire), or graphene.

In the present embodiment, the transmittance (transmission) of the antenna 12A may be greater than 70%, so that the user is less affected by the antenna 12A when looking through the surface 10 of fig. 2.

Referring to fig. 7, fig. 7 shows a schematic view of an antenna 12B attached to a surface 10 according to a second embodiment of the invention.

In the present embodiment, the antenna 12B is only attached to a portion of the lower surface of the surface 10 and is a dipole antenna (dipole antenna), and the dipole antenna is a conductive film made of metal mesh, metal film, metal nanowire, or graphene.

In the present embodiment, the transmittance of the antenna 12B can be greater than 70%, so that the user is less affected by the antenna 12B when looking through the surface 10 of fig. 2.

Referring to fig. 8, fig. 8 shows a schematic view of an antenna 12C attached to a surface 10 according to a third embodiment of the invention.

In the embodiment, the antenna 12C is attached to only a portion of the lower surface of the surface 10 and is a monopole antenna, the other portion of the lower surface of the surface 10 (i.e. the portion where the antenna 12C is not attached) is attached with a conductive film 40, and the antenna 12C and the conductive film 40 are made of conductive materials. The monopole antenna 12C and the conductive film 40 are made of metal mesh, metal film, nano metal wire, or graphene.

The antenna 12C and the conductive film 40 can be fabricated by forming a complete conductive film on the lower surface of the surface 10, and then dividing the complete conductive film into the antenna 12C and the conductive film 40 by laser patterning (laser patterning), wherein the conductive film 40 is separated from the antenna 12C by a small gap, the antenna 12C and the conductive film 40 are electrically disconnected, and the antenna 12C is not affected by the conductive film 40 when transmitting or receiving signals.

In the present embodiment, since the antenna 12C and the conductive film 40 are conductive materials (having the same or similar transmittance), the user does not feel the effect of the antenna 12C when looking through the surface 10 of fig. 2.

Referring to fig. 9, fig. 9 shows a schematic view of an antenna 12D attached to a surface 10 according to a fourth embodiment of the invention.

In the embodiment, the antenna 12D is attached to only a portion of the lower surface of the surface 10 and is a dipole antenna, the other portion of the lower surface of the surface 10 (i.e., the portion where the antenna 12D is not attached) is attached to a conductive film 42, and the antenna 12D and the conductive film 42 are made of conductive materials. The dipole antenna and the conductive film 42 are made of metal mesh, metal film, nano-metal wire, or graphene.

The antenna 12D and the conductive film 42 can be fabricated by forming a complete conductive film on the lower surface of the surface 10, and then dividing the complete conductive film into the antenna 12D and the conductive film 42 by laser patterning, wherein the conductive film 42 is separated from the antenna 12D by a small gap, the antenna 12D and the conductive film 42 are electrically disconnected, and the antenna 12D is not affected by the conductive film 42 when transmitting or receiving signals.

In the present embodiment, since the antenna 12D and the conductive film 42 are conductive materials (having the same or similar transmittance), the user does not feel the effect of the antenna 12D when looking through the surface 10 of fig. 2.

It should be noted that the antennas 12A to 12D of fig. 6 to 9 are denoted by different reference numerals to represent different embodiments, and the antennas 12A to 12D may be applied to the antenna 12 of fig. 3.

Referring to fig. 10 to 12, fig. 10 shows a schematic view of the inside of the structure of the intelligent wristwatch according to a second embodiment of the present invention, fig. 11 shows a schematic view of the dedicated battery 24 'and the functional module 18', and fig. 12 shows a schematic view of the dedicated battery 24 'surrounding the movement 16'. The dedicated battery 24 'is used to provide the power required by the functional module 18'.

The difference between this embodiment and the first embodiment is that the smart wristwatch structure of this embodiment includes an additional dedicated battery 24', and in the first embodiment, the battery 24 supplies power to the movement 16 and the function module 18. In the present embodiment, the dedicated battery 24 'is used to exclusively provide the power required by the functional module 18'. As described above, the extra battery required by the functional module in the prior art is stacked on the bottom case (as shown in fig. 1), which causes a problem that the thickness of the conventional smart wristwatch is too high to be bulky. In the present embodiment, the dedicated battery 24 'and the functional module 18' are respectively disposed around the movement 16 ', and more specifically, the dedicated battery 24' and the functional module 18 'respectively surround the movement 16' and are both located below the dial 14 in fig. 3. Since the dedicated battery 24 'and the functional module 18' surround the movement 16 ', they occupy approximately similar thicknesses, and the thickness of the watch case 20 required by the structure of the intelligent wristwatch of this embodiment is equivalent to that of the movement 16' or the thickness of the watch case 20 required by the prior art in which an additional battery is stacked in the bottom case can be reduced. In addition, functional module 18 ' may be integrated with deck 16 ', so that only dedicated battery 24 ' is disposed around deck 16 ' (integrated with functional module 18 ').

In addition, it should be noted that the antenna 12 of the first embodiment and the antennas 12A to 12D in fig. 6 to 9 may also be used in this embodiment, and other elements of this embodiment are the same as those of the first embodiment, which is not repeated.

In the intelligent wristwatch structure, because the antenna is attached to the lower surface of the watch surface instead of being arranged in the accommodating space or the watch case, when the antenna transmits or receives signals, the signals cannot be shielded or influenced by the watch case. In addition, the intelligent wristwatch structure of the invention can adopt a structure that a special battery surrounds the periphery of the movement, and can solve the problems of overlarge volume and overlarge thickness of the intelligent wristwatch caused by an additional battery in the prior art.

In summary, although the present invention has been described with reference to the preferred embodiments, the above-described preferred embodiments are not intended to limit the present invention, and those skilled in the art can make various changes and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention, therefore, the scope of the present invention shall be determined by the appended claims.

Claims (11)

1. An intelligent wristwatch structure, comprising:

a surface;

a dial plate;

a watch case;

the dial, the watch shell and the bottom shell are sequentially combined from top to bottom to form an accommodating space;

an antenna attached to a lower surface of the surface; and

and the functional module is arranged in the accommodating space and used for carrying out wireless communication with a mobile terminal.

2. The smart wristwatch structure of claim 1, wherein the antenna is affixed to only a portion of the lower surface of the surface and is a monopole antenna.

3. The intelligent wristwatch structure of claim 2, wherein the monopole antenna is a conductive film made of metal mesh, metal film, nano-metal wire, or graphene.

4. The smart wristwatch structure of claim 1, wherein the antenna is affixed to only a portion of the lower surface of the surface and is a dipole antenna.

5. The intelligent wristwatch structure of claim 4, wherein the dipole antenna is a conductive film made of metal mesh, metal film, nano-metal wire, or graphene.

6. The intelligent wristwatch structure of claim 1, wherein the antenna is attached to only a portion of the lower surface of the surface and is a monopole antenna, and the other portion of the lower surface of the surface is attached to a conductive film, the conductive film being separated from the antenna by a gap, the antenna and the conductive film being conductive.

7. The intelligent wristwatch structure of claim 6, wherein the monopole antenna and the conductive film are conductive films made of metal mesh, metal film, nano-metal wire, or graphene.

8. The smart wristwatch structure of claim 1, wherein the antenna is attached to only a portion of the lower surface of the surface and is a dipole antenna, and other portions of the lower surface of the surface are attached to a conductive film, the conductive film being separated from the antenna by a gap, the antenna and the conductive film being conductive.

9. The intelligent wristwatch structure of claim 8, wherein the dipole antenna and the conductive film are conductive films made of metal mesh, metal film, nano-metal wire, or graphene.

10. An intelligent wristwatch structure, comprising:

a surface;

a dial plate;

a watch case;

the dial, the watch shell and the bottom shell are sequentially combined from top to bottom to form an accommodating space;

an antenna attached to a lower surface of the surface;

a machine core arranged in the accommodating space;

the functional module is arranged in the accommodating space and used for carrying out wireless communication with a mobile terminal; and

a special battery arranged around the movement.

11. An intelligent wristwatch structure, comprising:

a surface;

a dial plate;

a watch case;

the dial, the watch shell and the bottom shell are sequentially combined from top to bottom to form an accommodating space;

an antenna attached to a lower surface of the surface;

a machine core integrated with a functional module, the machine core integrated with the functional module is arranged in the accommodating space and used for carrying out wireless communication with a mobile terminal and driving an indicator to provide time function display; and

a special battery arranged around the movement.