Samsung patents ring with a detachable part that presses a button
Samsung has filed a patent for a wearable electronic device, likely a smart ring, that features a two-part housing design. The top section can be detached from the ring-shaped base, and when pressed down, it triggers a physical switch button located inside the ring. The device uses a processor to interpret the pattern of these button presses to perform specific functions.
In the filing’s own words
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing having a fastening part provided at a lower end thereof, a ring-shaped second housing having an accommodation part provided at an upper end thereof, the accommodation part configured to detachably accommodate the fastening part of the first housing to allow the first housing to move in response to a downward pressing input applied to the first housing, memory, including one or more storage media, storing instructions, and a processor communicatively coupled to the memory, the processor provided in the second housing, wherein the accommodation part includes a fixing member configured to mount the fastening part to the accommodation part, and a switch button installed at a lower end of the accommodation part, and wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the electronic device to perform a specified function, based on an on/off pattern signal of the switch button generated in response to the movement of the first housing due to the pressing input applied to the first housing.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. An electronic device comprising: a first housing having a fastening part provided at a lower end thereof; a ring-shaped second housing having an accommodation part provided at an upper end thereof, the accommodation part configured to detachably accommodate the fastening part of the first housing to allow the first housing to move in response to a downward pressing input applied to the first housing; memory, comprising one or more storage media, storing instructions; and a processor communicatively coupled to the memory, the processor provided in the second housing, wherein the accommodation part comprises: a fixing member configured to mount the fastening part to the accommodation part; and a switch button installed at a lower end of the accommodation part, and wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the electronic device to perform a specified function, based on an on/off pattern signal of the switch button generated in response to the movement of the first housing due to the pressing input applied to the first housing.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
- Official title
- WEARABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME
- Publication number
- US20260259580A1
- Application number
- 19655069
- Filed
- Apr 22, 2026
- Published
- Sep 3, 2026
- Inventors
- 4
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
G06F 1/163 Physics & computingG06F 1/1635 Physics & computingG06F 1/1698 Physics & computingH02S 20/30 Electricity & electronicsH02S 40/38 Electricity & electronicsMore from Samsung in Wearables
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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