Wearable electronic device

US10258280B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC · US

Inventors

• Gregory Kim Justice · Los Altos, US
• Vinod L. Hingorani · Redmond, US
• Farah Shariff · Kirkland, US
• Stephen John Minarsch · Seattle, US
• Thomas E. McCue, Jr. · Vancouver, US
• Amish Patel · Seattle, US
• Mark Shintaro Ando · Seattle, US
• Scott F. Williams · Redmond, US
• Mohammad Shakeri · Kirkland, US
• Byung Joo Cho · Bellevue, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 30, 2014
• Grant date: Apr 16, 2019
• Expiry date: Jan 23, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G04G21/08
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A wearable electronic device includes a composite band, a touch-sensor display, a skin sensor, and a course of electrical conductors. The composite band forms a loop having two or more rigid segments and a flexible segment coupled between the rigid segments. The touch-sensor display is arranged in a first of the rigid segments, and a skin sensor is arranged in a second of the rigid segments. The course of electrical conductors runs between the first and second rigid segments, inside the flexible segment.