CIRCULAR INTERFACE FOR NAVIGATING APPLICATIONS AND AN AUTHENTICATION MECHANISM ON A WEARABLE DEVICE

摘要

In one aspect, the present disclosure relates to a touch- and/or physical control-enabled wearable computer includes a circular user interface with interface regions set along the outer edge of the display and a concentric content display area. The interface regions allow the user to switch between applications and scroll/select actions within applications. The content display area shows information for the current foreground application and can include additional interface regions specific to an application.

主权项

1. A wearable electronic device comprising:
a circular display region which displays content from an application; an annular outer ring, wherein the annular outer ring surrounds the circular display region, and wherein the annular outer ring is subdivided into a plurality of interface regions, wherein:
each of the plurality of interface regions displays an interface action and may be interacted with separately from the other interface regions of the plurality of interface regions, andwherein the device is configured to support at least two interaction modes such that:
when the device is configured in a within application mode, each of the plurality of interface regions may be interacted with to perform an action specific to the application currently displaying content in the circular display region,when the device is configured in an application switching mode, at least one of the plurality of interface regions may be interacted with to switch the circular display region to display content from a different application and one of the plurality of interface regions may be interacted with to return to the application currently displaying content in the circular display region.