US 12,455,622 B2
Smart ring
Landon Nickerson, Dallas, TX (US)
Assigned to ARKH, Inc., Dallas, TX (US)
Filed by ARKH, Inc., Dallas, TX (US)
Filed on Jul. 5, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/347,384.
Application 18/347,384 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/944,506, filed on Jul. 31, 2020, granted, now 12,008,161.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/990,059, filed on Mar. 16, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/905,239, filed on Sep. 24, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0350492 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/01 (2006.01); A44C 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/0346 (2013.01); G06F 21/32 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 3/014 (2013.01) [A44C 9/0053 (2013.01); G06F 3/0346 (2013.01); G06F 21/32 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A smart ring, comprising:
a ring body configured to be worn on a finger of a user;
a touch sensor coupled to the ring body, wherein the touch sensor is configured to receive a touch input from the user and convert the touch input into an input signal;
a processor coupled to the touch sensor, wherein the processor is configured to:
receive position data of the smart ring responsive to the smart ring being in an active operational state based on the touch input;
process the position data to perform motion tracking of the smart ring to determine an approximate location of the smart ring in an environment; and
generate a transmission signal based on the determined approximate location;
a communications interface coupled to the processor, wherein the communications interface is configured to transmit the transmission signal to another device; and
an optical sensor coupled to the processor and oriented outward from the ring such that the optical sensor is oriented towards an end of the finger and parallel with the finger when the ring is worn by the user.