One of the problems with today’s intelligent watches is the difficulty of writing on their touch screen with high precision, especially because of its small size. Google wants to put an end to this difficulty, or at least it is proposed by a company patent, which reveals the technology for a possible Smartwatch that allows the skin to be used as a touchpad.
Specifically, the patent describes a complex network of sensors that can detect gestures and analyze the movement of the user’s fingers. The purpose of this system is to enable better navigation through the user interface of the intelligent clock.
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The document found by MySmartPrice states that the aim is to take advantage of sensors and emitters on the web to create a kind of “mouse pad” directly on the wrist or forearm. The user could then control it with his finger on the skin next to the smartwatch.
The patent mentions several techniques for developing the technology, including the integration of different sensor and emitter matrices that work together to interpret the movement of the fingers in the skin and convert it into the movement within the smartwatch interface. In this sense, ultrasound technology for sending data, the integration of photodiodes and a system similar to that used in optical mice is used to facilitate the recognition of finger movements.
Despite the fact that this is a patent, we cannot deny that this type of Smartwatch will one day come onto the market. If this is the case, it will certainly be one of the most important developments for today’s gadgets of this kind. Although Google is not looking for a replacement for the smartphone with this project, many users will appreciate the ability to send text messages easily from their smart clock.