US 12,085,899 B2
Computer driven external digital crown for smartwatch
Subha Kiran Patnaikuni, Visakhapatnam (IN); and Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Kolkata (IN)
Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed by International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed on Jun. 6, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/303,717.
Prior Publication US 2022/0390904 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. G04G 21/08 (2010.01); G04G 17/04 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G04G 17/00 (2013.01); G04G 21/00 (2010.01)
CPC G04G 21/08 (2013.01) [G04G 17/04 (2013.01); G06F 1/163 (2013.01); G06F 1/169 (2013.01); G04G 17/00 (2013.01); G04G 21/00 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method for implementing an external digital crown for a smartwatch, comprising:
receiving, at a smartwatch having a display, an electronic cue from a digital crown, the electronic cue being related to a tactile event on the digital crown from a user, the digital crown being positioned contiguously with the watch;
analyzing the electronic cue to relate the tactile event to a movement of an indicator on the display for a selection on the display;
initiating the selection on the display based on the analysis of the electronic cue;
wherein the digital crown is positioned in a watch band, and the watch band is connected to the smartwatch;
detecting tactile pressure along a cylindrical roller as the digital crown, the cylindrical roller being touch sensitive, wherein moving a finger along the length of the cylindrical roller selects menu content displayed on the smartwatch;
receiving, at the smartwatch, motion and/or pressure on the digital crown; and
synchronizing the motion and/or pressure on the digital crown with a selection on the display of the smartwatch.