IP Library Granted Patent US 9,569,660
Granted Patent B2
US 9,569,660 · App. 14/416,730 · Granted Feb 14, 2017

Control system, control method and computer program product

Inventors: Yoichiro Sako (Tokyo, JP); Yasunori Kamada (Kanagawa, JP); Takayasu Kon (Tokyo, JP); Kazunori Hayashi (Tokyo, JP); Kohei Asada (Kanagawa, JP); Kazuyuki Sakoda (Chiba, JP); Takatoshi Nakamura (Kanagawa, JP); Mitsuru Takehara (Tokyo, JP); Akira Tange (Tokyo, JP); Hiroyuki Hanaya (Kanagawa, JP); Tomoya Onuma (Kanagawa, JP); Kazuhiro Watanabe (Tokyo, JP); Yuki Koga (Tokyo, JP); Maiko Saitou (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
G06K9/00362G06K9/00624G06Q50/10
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Patent No.
US 9,569,660
App. No.
14/416,730
Granted
Feb 14, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A control system, method and computer program product use control circuitry to respond to an optical detection of a wearable object worn by a user by initiating a service provided to the user, the service being associated with the wearable object.

Claims (22)

1. A control system, comprising:

in an electronic device:

control circuitry configured to:

detect an attribute of a wearable object of a user based on an optical detection of the attribute; and

initiate a service for the user based on the detected attribute of the wearable object,

wherein the service is associated with the detected attribute of the wearable object based on a database that stores correspondence between one or more attributes and content of one or more services, and

wherein the control circuitry is configured to detect, as the attribute of the wearable object, at least one of an accessory on the wearable object, an illuminated flashing of at least a portion of the wearable object or a movement pattern of the user.

2. The control system of claim 1 , further comprising:

a network interface configured to receive an optical detection result from a remotely located optical detector.

3. The control system of claim 1 , further comprising:

an imaging device configured to capture an image of the wearable object of the user; and

an optical detector configured to detect the wearable object of the user from the image captured by the imaging device.

4. A control method, comprising:

receiving an indication of a wearable object of a user;

associating, using control circuitry of an electronic device, a detected attribute of the wearable object with a service based on a database that stores correspondence between one or more attributes and content of one or more services; and

initiating, using the control circuitry, the service associated with the detected attribute of the wearable object,

wherein the detected attribute is at least one of an accessory on the wearable object, an illuminated flashing of at least a portion of the wearable object or a movement pattern of the user.

5. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored therein that when executed by control circuitry causes the control circuitry to perform operations, comprising:

receiving an indication of a wearable object of a user;

associating, using control circuitry, a detected attribute of the wearable object with a service based on a database that stores correspondence between one or more attributes and content of one or more services; and

initiating, using the control circuitry, the service associated with the detected attribute of the wearable object,

wherein the detected attribute is at least one of an accessory on the wearable object, an illuminated flashing of at least a portion of the wearable object or a movement pattern of the user.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 28, 2015
From: SAKO, YOICHIRO; KAMADA, YASUNORI; KON, TAKAYASU; HAYASHI, KAZUNORI; ASADA, KOHEI; SAKODA, KAZUYUKI; NAKAMURA, TAKATOSHI; TAKEHARA, MITSURU; TANGE, AKIRA; HANAYA, HIROYUKI; ONUMA, TOMOYA; WATANABE, KAZUHIRO; KOGA, YUKI; SAITOU, MAIKO
To: SONY CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-1874046 · Aug 23, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150178558A1 · Jun 25, 2015