TH47070A - A wristwatch that incorporates a contactless control device for a computer cursor. - Google Patents

Abstract

DC60 (31/08/43) The wristwatch (1) will contain a mechanical time display (8; 1 0) enclosed by a crystal (4). This wristwatch will incorporate an interface device for controlling the computer cursor, creating a touchless mouse in the watch. For this purpose, several touch-sensitive receivers will be arranged so that the touch-sensitive pad (16) is supported at least partially by the crystal (4). The touch-sensitive pad will be arranged in a particular shape as an extended matrix on most of the crystal (4). Click functions will be executed using a push button (14) coupled with an electrical contact or by a pressure receiver or by touch-sensitive receivers provided for this purpose. The wristwatch (1) will contain a mechanical time display (8; 1 0) enclosed by a crystal (4). This wristwatch will incorporate an interface device for controlling the computer cursor, creating a touchless mouse in the watch. For this purpose, several touch-sensitive receivers will be arranged so that the touch-sensitive pad (16) is supported at least partially by the crystal (4). The touch-sensitive pad will be arranged in a particular shape as an extended matrix on most of the crystal (4). Click functions will be executed using a push button (14) coupled with an electrical contact or by a pressure receiver or by touch-sensitive receivers provided for this purpose. Several are arranged so that the touch-sensitive plate (16) is supported at least partially by the crystal (4). The touch-sensitive plate is arranged in a particular shape to form an extended matrix on the majority of the crystal (4). The click function is executed by a push button (14) coupled with an electrical contact or by a pressure receiver or by a touch-sensitive receiver provided for this purpose.

Claims (18)

1. Wristwatches (1, 21, 31, 41) which contain a mechanical display (8; 10; 34) for at least one item of information about the time and which contain at least a partially transparent outer element (4) that encloses such display mechanisms or forms the outer part of these display mechanisms and these first control mechanisms are assembled with several touch-sensitive receivers, on which the corresponding touch-sensitive pads (16, 16A, 26B) are supported at least partially by such outer elements, with the characteristic that the first control mechanism (16, 17, 16A, 16B, 50, 52, 54) can control the movement of the cursor on a computer screen. 2. The wristwatch under claim 1 is of the following nature: the first mechanism shall include an analog display (8, 10) protected by the external element (4) which shall define the boundaries of the watch crystal, in which the touch-sensitive plate (16) shall be at least partially superimposed on the analog display. 3. A wristwatch under claim 1 or 2 that is of the special nature that the set of such touch-sensitive plates (16,16A,16B) of such touch-sensitive receiver which creates such mechanism 1 is supported by such external element (4). 4. A wristwatch under claim 1 or 2 that is of a special nature, in which the part of the touch-sensitive plate (17) of the touch-sensitive receiver is arranged in the top part (18) of the bezel (2) of the wristwatch which encloses the outer element (4). 5. Any wristwatch under any prior claim is characterized by such a corresponding touch-sensitive plate of such multiple touch-sensitive receivers being arranged in a matrix shape which defines the lines and columns which extend over most of such outer elements (4). 6. The wristwatch under claim 5, which is characterized by the inclusion of a mechanism for detecting the speed of the user's finger on the aforementioned external components or the frequency of stimulation of the sequential sensors. 7. The wristwatch under claim 6 is characterized by the ratio between the movement (delta Y) of the said cursor and the line (delta X) created by the user's finger on the said external component (4) when the stimulation speed or frequency is low, which is less than when the stimulation speed or frequency is relatively high. 8. A wristwatch under claims 5 through 7 that has the special characteristic that the movement of such cursor on such computer screen corresponds exactly to the orientation formed by the user's finger on such external element (4). 9. Any of the wristwatches described in Reputations 1 through 4 are characterized by the presence of such touch-sensitive pads (16, 17, 16A, 16B) arranged in a common-centered region, where the direction of cursor movement is determined by the alignment of the pad or the stimulated pad relative to the center of the common-centered region. 10. A wristwatch under claim 9 which is characterized by the speed of movement of such cursor depending on the region of common center that is stimulated or two adjacent regions of common center that are stimulated simultaneously. 11. Any wristwatch under the prior claims which is of the special nature shall also include a second control mechanism (14, 26, 36, 4, 44) for selecting objects displayed on such screen or executing commands relating to such objects. 12. The wristwatch under claim 11 is characterized by the second control mechanism (36) being arranged at the very top (18) of the bezel (2) at the 6 o'clock position. 13. The wristwatch under claim 11 or 12 is of the special nature that the second control mechanism is also made by a touch-sensitive transducer (26). 14. A wristwatch under claim 11 that is of the special nature that the second control mechanism is created by a push button (14) which is controlled by an electrical contact. 15. A wristwatch under claim 11 that is of the special nature that the second control mechanism is arranged in the link (38) of the wristwatch strap or in a section of the wristwatch strap. 16. A wristwatch under claim 11 that is of the special nature that the second control mechanism is created by such an external element (4) which is coupled with a pressure receiver, in which the selection of an object or command relating to such object is performed by applying pressure to such an external element. 17. The wristwatch under claim 16 is characterized by the fact that the pressure receiver is created by an electrically charged crystal (44) arranged on the perimeter of the outer component (4). 18. A wristwatch under claim 11 that is of the special nature that the second control mechanism is created by such an external element (4) which is coupled with at least one miniature connector or small traveling contact.