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US 12669861 · App. 18/835,363 · Granted Jun 30, 2026

Information processing device, information processing method, and display device

Inventors: Masao Kondo (Tokyo, JP); Junichi Shimizu (Tokyo, JP); Miyu Iwafune (Tokyo, JP)

Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION

G06F3/011 G06F1/163 G06F3/165 G06F2200/1614

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Patent No.: US 12669861
App. No.: 18/835,363
Granted: Jun 30, 2026
Kind: B2

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Abstract

An information processing device according to the present disclosure includes: an acquisition unit that acquires first information indicating a state of fingers of a user and second information indicating rotation of a wrist of the user; and a determination unit that determines an output mode of content output from a device on a basis of the state of the fingers of the user indicated by the first information and rotation of the wrist of the user indicated by the second information.

Claims (44)

1 . An information processing device comprising:

circuitry configured to:

acquire first information indicating a state of fingers of a user and second information indicating rotation of a wrist of the user, and

send a command to control an output of content based on the first information and the second information, wherein the output includes a display that changes in accordance with an amount of rotation of the wrist,

wherein the circuitry is further configured to:

change to one side of one dimension corresponding to the content when the rotation of the wrist of the user is in a first direction, and

change to the other side of the one dimension corresponding to the content when the rotation of the wrist of the user is in a second direction opposite to the first direction,

when the one dimension corresponding to an output amount of the content, the circuitry is further configured to decrease the output amount of the content depending on the rotation of the wrist of the user in the first direction and determine to increase the output amount of the content depending on the rotation of the wrist of the user in the second direction, and

when the one dimension corresponding to a display area of the content, the circuitry is further configured to determine to decrease the display area of the content depending on the rotation of the wrist of the user in the first direction and determine to increase the display area of the content depending on the rotation of the wrist of the user in the second direction.

2 . The information processing device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the circuitry is further configured to determine a display mode of the output including the content displayed on a display device based on the state of the fingers of the user and rotation of the wrist of the user.

3 . The information processing device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the circuitry is further configured to:

determine whether or not to change an output mode of the content of the output depending on the state of the fingers of the user, and

determine an amount of change in the output mode of the content by rotation of the wrist of the user.

4 . The information processing device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the circuitry is further configured to determine an amount corresponding to the amount of rotation of the wrist of the user as the amount of change in the output mode of the content.

5 . The information processing device according to claim 1 ,

wherein, when the one dimension corresponding to an output volume of the content, the circuitry is further configured to determine to decrease the output volume of the content depending on the rotation of the wrist of the user in the first direction and determines to increase the output volume of the content depending on the rotation of the wrist of the user in the second direction.

6 . The information processing device according to claim 1 ,

wherein, when the one dimension corresponding to an up-down direction of the content, the circuitry is further configured to determine to move the display area of the content downward depending on the rotation of the wrist of the user in the first direction and determines to move the display area of the content upward depending on the rotation of the wrist of the user in the second direction.

7 . The information processing device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the circuitry is further configured to determine to change an output mode of the content of the output corresponding to the rotation of the wrist of the user when the state of the fingers of the user satisfies a condition.

8 . The information processing device according to claim 7 ,

wherein the circuitry is further configured to determine not to change the output mode of the content corresponding to the rotation of the wrist of the user when the state of the fingers of the user does not satisfy the condition.

9 . The information processing device according to claim 7 ,

wherein the circuitry is further configured to determine to change the output mode of the content corresponding to the rotation of the wrist of the user when the state of the fingers of the user corresponds to a gesture corresponding to a change of the output of the content.

10 . The information processing device according to claim 7 ,

wherein the circuitry is further configured to determine to change the output mode of the content corresponding to the rotation of the wrist of the user when the state of the fingers of the user has a shape corresponding to a change of the output of the content.

11 . The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to:

determine an output mode of the content of the output, and

output the content in the determined output mode.

12 . A wristband-type display device worn on a wrist of a user, the display device comprising:

a display that is movable along a circumferential direction of the wrist of the user when worn on the wrist of the user; and

a weight that holds a position of the display unit in a circumferential direction of the wrist of the user at a holding position that is a position before rotation of the wrist of the user when the user rotates the wrist,

wherein the weight is movable together with the display along the circumferential direction of the wrist of the user when worn on the wrist of the user, and

the display is held at the holding position with the weight held at a position in the circumferential direction of the wrist of the user when the user rotates the wrist about a direction intersecting a gravity direction.

13 . The display device according to claim 12 ,

wherein the weight is disposed at a position different from a position of the display unit in the circumferential direction of the wrist of the user when worn on the wrist of the user, and

the display is held at the holding position corresponding to a difference from the holding unit in terms of a position in the circumferential direction of the wrist of the user.

14 . The display device according to claim 12 , further comprising:

a band that comes into contact with the wrist of the user and rotates in the circumferential direction of the wrist together with the wrist of the user when worn on the wrist of the user.

15 . The display device according to claim 14 ,

wherein the band is disposed between the wrist of the user and the display when worn on the wrist of the user.