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Wristwatch-type electronic device with contactless control interface, and control method for such a device

US10809856B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 16, 2015
Grant dateOct 20, 2020
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Expiry dateMar 16, 2035

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F1/1605
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to an electronic device intended to be worn secured to a part of the human body, comprising a case (11) provided with a display zone (13), a wristband (12), and a control interface with capacitive measuring electrodes (14, 15, 16) arranged to detect control objects, said control interface being arranged so as to allow the detection of control objects (21) in contact with or across from (i) a detection zone superimposed on the display zone (13), (ii) at least one other detection zone (17, 18, 23) outside said display zone (13).The invention also relates to a method implemented in this device.

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