Input device, system, and control method
There is provided an input device, a system, and a control method capable of performing an operation input that is more natural, less burdensome, and less bothersome in operations in daily life. The input device includes a ring-shaped main body portion to be mounted on a finger of a user; one or more sensors that are provided in the main body portion and that detect information regarding an operation input by another finger; a communication unit that performs wireless communication with an external device; and a control unit that performs control to transmit the information regarding the operation input detected by the one or more sensors to the external device by the communication unit.
1 . A system comprising:
an input device including:
a ring-shaped main body portion to be mounted on a finger of a user's hand;
a touch sensor provided in the main body portion and configured to detect a tap operation;
a push sensor that is arranged on a back side of the touch sensor and configured to detect a push operation by another finger of the user's hand; and
first circuitry configured to:
control to transmit first information according to the push operation and second information according to the tap operation to an information processing apparatus; and
the information processing apparatus including:
second circuitry configured to:
perform a first control of the information processing apparatus based on the first information;
perform a second control of the information processing apparatus different than the first control based on the second information; and
control a display to display at least one of a first virtual object or a second virtual object based on information indicating which of left fingers of the user's left hand and right fingers of the user's right hand the input device is mounted on.
2 . The system according to claim 1 , wherein the touch sensor is provided at a position facing a thumb at a time of mounting in the main body portion.
3 . The system according to claim 2 , wherein the main body portion is C-shaped.
4 . The system according to claim 1 , wherein at least the first circuitry is provided on an upper portion of the main body portion positioned on a back side of the finger at a time of mounting.
5 . The system according to claim 1 , wherein a part of the main body portion includes a deformable portion.
6 . The system according to claim 1 , wherein the main body portion includes a replaceable attachment corresponding to a thickness of a finger.
7 . The system according to claim 1 , wherein the information processing apparatus comprises:
a camera configured to capture an image,
wherein the second circuitry is further configured to determine a display position and a display posture of the first virtual object based on the image during the first virtual object following the user's hand.
8 . The system according to claim 1 , wherein the input device further comprises:
a vibration unit provided in the main body portion,
wherein the first circuitry is further configured to control the vibration unit according to information received from the information processing apparatus.
9 . The system according to claim 1 , wherein the information processing apparatus is a display device or an audio output device used by the user.
10 . The system according to claim 1 , wherein the input device further comprises
a distance sensor that is provided in the main body portion and that detects a distance to the another finger or a distance to a predetermined joint of the finger on which the input device is mounted,
wherein the first circuitry is further configured to perform control to transmit a detection result by the distance sensor to the information processing apparatus.
11 . The system according to claim 1 , wherein the second circuitry is further configured to:
control the display to display a third virtual object to manually input the information indicating which of the left fingers and the right fingers the input device is mounted on.
12 . The system according to claim 1 , wherein the push sensor is a push switch or a pressure sensor.
13 . The system according to claim 1 , wherein
the first control includes to control the display included in the information processing apparatus to display a first virtual object following the user's hand based on the first information, and
the second control includes to control the display to display a second virtual object that is different from the first virtual object based on the second information.
14 . A system comprising:
an information processing device including:
first circuitry configured to:
acquire, from a push sensor that is arranged on a back side of a touch sensor provided in a ring-shaped main body portion to be mounted on a finger of a user's hand and that is configured to detect a push operation by another finger of the user's hand, first information according to the push operation;
acquire, from the touch sensor that is configured to detect a tap operation, second information according to the tap operation;
perform a first control of the information processing device based on the first information;
perform a second control of the information processing device different than the first control based on the second information; and
control a display to display at least one of a first virtual object or a second virtual object based on information indicating which of left fingers of the user's left hand and right fingers of the user's right hand the ring-shaped main body portion is mounted on.
15 . The system according to claim 14 , wherein the first circuitry is further configured to control information to be presented to the user includes including at least one of tactile information given by a vibration unit, visual information given by the display, or auditory information given by an audio output unit.
16 . A control method by a processor, the control method comprising:
detecting, by a push sensor that is arranged on a back side of a touch sensor provided in a ring-shaped main body portion of an input device to be mounted on a finger of a user's hand, a push operation by another finger of the user's hand;
detecting, by the touch sensor configured to detect a tap operation, a tap operation;
controlling, by the input device, to transmit first information according to the push operation and second information according to the tap operation to an information processing device;
performing, by the information processing device, a first control of the information processing device based on the first information;
performing, by the information processing device, a second control of the information processing device different than the first control based on the second information; and
controlling a display to display at least one of a first virtual object or a second virtual object based on information indicating which of left fingers of the user's left hand and right fingers of the user's right hand the input device is mounted on.
17 . A control method by a processor, the control method comprising:
acquiring, from a push sensor that is arranged on a back side of a touch sensor provided in a ring-shaped main body portion to be mounted on a finger of a user's hand and that is configured to detect a push operation by another finger of the user's hand, first information according to the push operation;
acquiring, from the touch sensor that that is configured to detect a tap operation, second information according to the tap operation;
performing a first control of the processor based on the first information;
performing a second control of the processor different than the first control based on the second information; and
controlling a display to display of at least one of a first virtual object or a second virtual object based on information indicating which of left fingers of the user's left hand and right fingers of the user's right hand the ring-shaped main body portion is mounted on.
18 . A system comprising:
an input device including:
a ring-shaped main body portion to be mounted on a finger of a user's hand;
one or more sensors configured to detect an operation input by the user; and
first circuitry configured to:
control to transmit information according to the operation to an information processing apparatus; and
the information processing apparatus including:
a display; and
second circuitry configured to:
obtain hand information indicating which of left fingers of the user's left hand and right fingers of the user's right hand the input device is mounted on; and
control the display to display at least one of a first virtual object or a second virtual object based on the hand information.
19 . The system according to claim 18 , wherein the one or more sensors include:
a touch sensor provided in the main body portion and configured to detect a tap operation; and
a push sensor that is arranged on a back side of the touch sensor and configured to detect a push operation by another finger of the user's hand, and
wherein the first circuitry is further configured to control to transmit first information according to the push operation and second information according to the tap operation to the information processing apparatus.
20 . The system according to claim 19 , wherein second circuitry is further configured to:
perform a first control of the information processing apparatus based on the first information; and
perform a second control of the information processing apparatus different than the first control based on the second information.