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Samsung Smart Ring Hints at Gesture-Based Device Control

Highlights.

  • Although still a niche market, Samsung stepped into the smart ring space with their Galaxy Ring in 2024.
  • In its current form, the ring takes the form of a health tracker, measuring the user’s heart rate, sleep and other fitness functions.
  • News now reveals that Samsung could take the technology further, adding a new groundbreaking feature.

Samsung Smart Ring first launched in 2024, the company, added the Galaxy Ring to its list of peripherals that consumers can obtain. Like others in the market, the Galaxy Ring’s basic function boils down to providing information and statistics regarding the user’s health and fitness. The data collected is then made available via the Samsung Health App. Now, a successor to this device has not been made apparent yet, although a second-gen iteration is already in development, we have news that more features may be added to the Samsung Smart Ring space.

Samsung Smart Ring Patent

A new patent has been spotted, published by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) on January 30, which outlines a samsung smart ring that could be used to manipulate windows on devices such as laptops and tablets. The diagrams available suggest that the rings will be able to connect with other devices, presumably in the same network, allowing control over the display. The technology was shown having three key components: an electronic device(smartphone or laptop), a second electronic device(tablet or secondary monitor), and an input device(a smart ring type device).

This concept reveals a future where we could control screens, or transfer data between multiple devices effortlessly using wearable tech. The ring could allow us to search and shift through files and apps, moving from one display to another with nothing but flicks and gestures. This would not be the first time Samsung put out a patent describing future possibilities.

Previous patents detail a samsung smart ring designed to automatically adjust its size to its user, and a Galaxy smartwatch that would let us use gestures and finger movements to control a TV. The patent states that the smart ring will be able to provide “natural continuity between a display of the electronic device and a screen to be displayed on a second display of the second electronic device”.

Working thesis of the Wearable device 

The mechanism of the ring and electronic network works by initially obtaining the location information of the input device, which in turn is used to control the screens of the electronic devices. The screens are displayed depending on the position of the input device, which may be determined using movement, distance, or optical sensors, or even camera modules.

Samsung Galaxy Ring
Samsung Galaxy Ring

The electronic devices could also have processors that control the display based on the data gathered by the sensors. This process is mainly supported by software and programs using time based data to synchronize the output to the user’s movement input. This mechanism allows the input device to control several display aspects, like the content layout, and flow of data between devices. Samsung also notes in the patent description that while the input device may include a smart ring, it is not limited to one, as other devices could take its place, such as an electronic pen.

Although this technology is unlikely to feature in any of the upcoming Samsung devices, it gives us a good idea of the plans the brand is making. Committing it on paper is the first step of any process, and here we have a pretty good description of the device. Presumably, only time will tell whether or not such technology will see positive integration into the expanding device ecosystem.

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