Patent Application
20150029644
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention generally relates to a wearable wireless sensor device and more particularly relates to a wearable wireless sensor device woven with the RF transparent material.
2. Description of Related Art
Various wristbands are known in the art. Most of the wristband devices are flexible to fit around the wrist. The electronic circuitry should fit inside the straps of the wristband and should not compromise overall wristband flexibility. The flexibility of the electronic circuitry requires two-stage injection molding. The results of single injection molding of wristbands including flexible electrically conductive member are sub-standard. The results showed that injection molding of plastic material have caused deformity in the electric circuitry or have adverse affect on desired wristband properties.
Therefore, there is a need of a wearable device to provide structural stability to the electronic circuitry. Further, the wearable device should be injected molded with RF transparent woven material.
In accordance with the teachings of the present invention, an electronic device assembled with RF transparent woven material connected to one or more portable device for sensing user activities is provided.
An object of the present invention to provide the electronic device having an injected molded housing assembled with RF transparent woven material and plurality of sensors positioned inside the housing for sensing user activities. The injection molded RF transparent woven material to provide structural stability to the sensors. Further, the plurality of sensors transmits sensed activities wirelessly to the one or more portal devices.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a wrist-mountable electronic device to be worn by the user on the wrist. The wrist-mountable electronic device includes plurality of sensors, sensor housing to retain said plurality of sensors and injection molded wristband having at least one end secured to the sensor housing. The injected molded wristband includes a flexible electrically conductive member being electrically connected through the at least one end to the sensor housing.
Another object of the present invention is to provide the electrically conductive member nipped in between the upper and lower faces of molding cavity of the injection molded wristband.
Another object of the present invention is to provide the wrist-mountable electronic device further includes in-built speakers, power source for producing audio and charging the battery, respectively.
These and other objects, features and advantages of the invention will become more fully apparent in the following detailed description, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
While this technology is illustrated and described in a preferred embodiment, the wearable wireless sensor device may be produced in many different configurations, forms and materials. There is depicted in the drawings, and will herein be described in detail, as a preferred embodiment of the invention, with the understanding that the present disclosure is to be considered as an exemplification of the principles of the invention and the associated functional specifications for its construction and is not intended to limit the invention to the embodiment illustrated. Those skilled in the art will envision many other possible variations within the scope of the technology described herein.
Example of housing 106 includes but not limited to headphones, wristband, wristwatches etc. Example of portable device 102 includes but not limited to IPAD, Laptops, tablets etc. However, it will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art that many variations of the housing and portable device may be envisioned without deviating from the scope of the present invention.
In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the RF transparent woven material is either a glass fiber or a carbon fiber. In another preferred embodiment of the present invention, the electronic device 100 further includes a power source (not shown in Figures) to power the plurality of sensors 108 and one or more speakers (not shown in Figures) to produce sound.
The wrist-mountable electronic device 200 further includes a sensor housing 206 for retaining the plurality of sensors 202 and is further configured to be worn on the user's wrist. The wrist-mountable electronic device 200 further includes an injected molded wristband 208 coated with RF transparent woven material having at least one end 210 secured to the sensor housing 206. The injected molded wristband 208 further includes a flexible electrically conductive member 212 electrically connected to the sensor housing 206.
In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the flexible electrically conductive member 212 is nipped in between the upper and lower faces of molding cavity of the injected molded wristband 208.
The present invention offers various advantages. The RF transparent woven material injected molded housing provides structural stability to the sensors and produce greater results without any deformity to the electronic device.
The foregoing discussion discloses and describes merely exemplary embodiments of the present invention. One skilled in the art will readily recognize from such discussion and from the accompanying drawings that various changes, modifications and variations can be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/804,172 filed on Mar. 21, 2013, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
