Motorola Solutions, Inc.

Khay Loon Heng

Bing Qin Lim

Wooi Ping Teoh

Chong Keat Chua

Wai Kuen Goh

A smart ring () provides multi-mode control in a personal area network (PAN). The smart ring has a fingerprint sensor () for identifying upon which finger and which finger segment the smart ring is being worn. A controller () of the smart ring () enables a predetermined PAN device and PAN control function in response to identified finger and finger segment information () matching pre-stored fingerprint information. One of the PAN devices is thus selectively enabled and a predetermined function is controlled, based on identification of the finger and finger segment location of the smart ring (). Several different PAN devices (narrowband radio, body-worn camera, sensors, gun holster, remote speaker microphone, broadband device, to name a few) can be selectively controlled and varied via rotation of the smart ring (), making the smart ring well suited for public safety applications.

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Paya Terubong, Malaysia

Khay Loon Heng