Samsung has filed a series of trademark applications for wearable devices, including one related to smart rings. Recently, the media broke out that Samsung has begun to cooperate with Japanese printed circuit board company Meiko to develop a smart ring. The ring is said to likely carry the Galaxy branding, or the smart ring trademark it filed for last week.
At present, this project is in the pre-development stage. The purpose is to develop a prototype of the smart ring and determine the specific mass production situation based on the prototype. In the smart ring project, Meiko will be responsible for developing the rigid and flexible printed circuit boards (PCBs) required for the smart ring. Since some users are accustomed to wearing smartwatches in a looser way, smart rings may be able to more accurately monitor their sleep and health information. However, since the blood flowing through the fingers is less than that of the wrist, the accuracy of health monitoring in general has yet to be evaluated.
In order to improve the scalability of smart rings, Samsung recently applied for a patent that allows smart rings to interact with XR devices. Compared with a smart watch, a smart ring looks more like an accessory. Therefore, in addition to health functions, appearance design is also the key to whether a smart ring can attract users. How to strike a balance between fashion and function is an important consideration for Samsung. question. Samsung plans to make the smart ring an extension of its XR headset to further compete with Apple's Vision Pro headset.
Since Apple released AirTag, everyone has paid more attention to the anti-lost of items. Apple's Find My can find iPhone, Mac, AirPods, and Apple Watch. Today's Find My can not only find Apple devices, but also with third-party devices. Joining will enrich the territory of Find My Network. The product and Find My can realize the function of intelligent anti-lost.
Features supported by Find My
Harmful Tracking Detection: This feature notifies users of accessories that may not be recognized normally, and tracks the location of such accessories over time.
Lost mode setting number: Support setting specific devices or accessories into lost mode through this network, and you can also set a reserved number for people to contact you when they are found.
Find the location of the lost device: When a user loses a device, it can be marked as lost mode, and then the device information will be transmitted to each other in the Bluetooth network. Finally, when a user's Bluetooth detects the lost item, it will transmit its approximate location back to the original lost user to help the user find the device quickly.
Control the device to play sound: You can remotely initiate the play of sound to help users find accessories. This action supports both accessory owners and non-owners. After finding the approximate location of the accessory, the user can make the owner's iOS device sound a reminder, and the owner cancels the reminder to find the device.
In the future, Find My will become an independent network, and the addition of third-party devices will enrich the territory of Find My Network. Find My Network will provide third-party interfaces to provide better services. It will not destroy user privacy, except for the user, Apple and third parties will not know the specific location of the mobile phone. Apple's Find My technology uses Apple devices' Bluetooth wireless signals to create a device network to find lost items, and they will work with third-party companies to create Find My Network anti-lost products.
ST17H6x Apple Find My chip
Support Find My Network
Built-in 64 KB SRAM, 96 KB ROM storage space, and support multiple external SPI, PWM, DMA, UART
Support SIG-Mesh, support multiple nodes Friend, LowPower, Proxy, Relay
Perfect security mechanism: based on AES -128 algorithm hardware encryption, hardware accelerator supporting encryption algorithm
Rich communication interface and GPIO pins, can support various scenarios and complex applications
ST17H6x chip is used in Apple Find My application
ST17H6x multi-scenario application average power consumption
Lenze Technology has applied the Find My function in many Bluetooth product solutions. Practical application scenarios of the Find My function: children's watches, car keys, pet collars, anti-lost shoes, smart crutches, anti-lost schoolbags, wallets, and card holders. (tingting is a brand of Lenze Technology, which mainly provides Apple Find My service and applies it to major IoT products)