Samsung patents watch band touch controls that react to wrist rotation
Samsung describes a method for wearable devices where users can touch the band area to interact with the screen. The system checks if the device is rotating during the touch to decide whether to change the main display or show a new menu on the band itself.
In the filing’s own words
A method for displaying a graphical user interface (GUI) by a wearable electronic device includes displaying a first GUI on a main display area of the wearable electronic device, receiving a first user input on a sub-display area corresponding to a band portion of the wearable electronic device, the first user input including a multi-touch, receiving a second user input while the multi-touch is being maintained, the second user input including a movement of the multi-touch, determining whether the wearable electronic device is rotated while the second user input is being received, when it is determined that the wearable electronic device is rotated, changing the displaying of the first GUI, and when it is determined that the wearable electronic device is not rotated, displaying a second GUI on the sub-display area, the second GUI being pre-set in relation to the first GUI.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A method for displaying a graphical user interface (GUI) by a wearable electronic device, the method comprising: displaying a first GUI on a main display area of the wearable electronic device; receiving a first user input on a sub-display area corresponding to a band portion of the wearable electronic device, the first user input comprising a multi-touch; receiving a second user input while the multi-touch is being maintained, the second user input comprising a movement of the multi-touch; determining whether the wearable electronic device is rotated while the second user input is being received; when it is determined that the wearable electronic device is rotated, changing the displaying of the first GUI; and when it is determined that the wearable electronic device is not rotated, displaying a second GUI on the sub-display area, the second GUI being pre-set in relation to the first GUI.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
- Official title
- WEARABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING GUI
- Publication number
- US20260319654A1
- Application number
- 19704884
- Filed
- Jun 11, 2026
- Published
- Oct 15, 2026
- Inventors
- 7
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
G06F 3/0488 Physics & computingG06F 3/14 Physics & computingG06F 2203/04808 Physics & computingMore 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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