Smart ring

Abstract

A wearable device is described. The wearable device includes a body portion and an adjustable strap affixed to a body portion to form an opening. The opening receives a body part of a user therein. The wearable device includes a control component, a gesture component, and/or a sensing component configured to detect input, gestures, and/or biometric parameters of the user and transmit the input, the gestures, and/or the biometric parameters to a smart device connected to the wearable device via a wireless personal area network technology to modify parameters of the smart device. The wearable device may include one or more sensors that assist the control component, the gesture component, and/or the sensing component.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A wearable device comprising:
 a strap affixed to a body portion to form an opening, the opening being configured to receive a body part of a user therein;   the body portion comprising:
 a cover; and 
 a receiver portion located on the cover and configured to receive an input from the user to modify a parameter of a smart device; and 
   a control component configured to:
 receive, from the receiver portion, the input from the user; and 
 transmit the input via a wireless personal area network technology to the smart device to modify the parameter of the smart device. 
   
     
     
         2 . The wearable device of  claim 1 , wherein the wearable device is selected from the group consisting of: a watch, a bracelet, a wristband, an ankle band, a ring, and a necklace. 
     
     
         3 . The wearable device of  claim 2 ,
 wherein the wearable device is the ring, and   wherein the body part of the user is a finger of the user.   
     
     
         4 . The wearable device of  claim 1 , wherein the smart device is selected from the group consisting of: a smart light, a smart television, a smartphone, a smart thermostat, a smart doorbell, a smart lock, a smart refrigerator, smart glasses, a smart watch, and a smart speaker. 
     
     
         5 . The wearable device of  claim 1 , wherein the wireless personal area network technology is Bluetooth Low Energy. 
     
     
         6 . The wearable device of  claim 1 , wherein the body portion further comprises a light-emitting diode (LED) display. 
     
     
         7 . The wearable device of  claim 1 , wherein the parameter is selected from the group consisting of: an on position, an off position, a pause position, a play position, a channel, a volume, a color, a song, a movie, a brightness, a locked status, an unlocked status, a temperature, presented content, a phone call, a message, a notification, two-dimensional content, and three-dimensional content. 
     
     
         8 . The wearable device of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a battery; and   a charging port for charging the wearable device.   
     
     
         9 . The wearable device of  claim 1 , wherein the control component is further configured to:
 identify the input from the user as a gesture input.   
     
     
         10 . The wearable device of  claim 9 , wherein the gesture input is bound to the modification of the parameter of the smart device by means of an algorithmic classifier, and wherein the algorithmic classifier comprises a machine learning classifier. 
     
     
         11 . The wearable device of  claim 10 , wherein, in response to receiving, from the receiver portion, the input from the user or in response to recognizing the gesture input by the algorithmic classifier, the control component is further configured to provide a haptic response to the input or the gesture input.