Intel Corporation

Su Sin Florence Phun

Khang Choong Yong

Howard L Heck

Wil Choon Song

Bok Eng Cheah

Jackson Chung Peng Kong

Eng Huat Goh

Poh Tat Oh

Chia How Low

Min Keen Tang

Will Choon Song

Methods and systems may provide for a gyratory sensing system (GSS) for extending the human machine interface (HMI) of an electronic device, particularly small form factor, wearable devices. The gyratory sensing system may include a gyratory sensor and a rotatable element to engage the gyratory sensor. The rotatable element may be sized and configured to be easily manipulated by hand to extend the HMI of the electronic device such that the functions of the HMI may be more accessible. The rotatable element may include one or more rotatable components, such as a body, edge or face of a smart watch, that each may be configured to perform a function upon rotation, such as resetting, selecting, and/or activating a menu item.

Gyratory sensing system to enhance wearable device user experience via HMI extension

A board-edge interconnection module features integrated capacitive coupling, which enables a board design employing the module to avoid having AC capacitors and flexible cables with bulky connectors. The recovered real estate enables further miniaturization, enabling the component to be used on a wide variety of devices, including ultra-mobile computing devices.

Board-edge interconnection module with integrated capacitive coupling for enabling ultra-mobile computing devices

A port is provided to facilitate a link between a first device and a second device. The port can include a driver circuit to support half duplex communication between the first device and the second device and further include switching logic to receive a value and cause the driver circuit to function in one of a plurality of half duplex modes based on the value. The value is based on a configuration register value corresponding to the port.

Flexible interconnect architecture

Smartwatch

Growing community of inventors

Penang, Malaysia

Su Sin Florence Phun