IP Library Granted Patent US 9,838,522
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US 9,838,522 · App. 15/417,591 · Granted Dec 5, 2017

Information processing device

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Patent No.
US 9,838,522
App. No.
15/417,591
Granted
Dec 5, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided an information processing device including: a sensor configured to detect that the information processing device is worn on a part of a human body; a processing unit configured to process information; and a communication unit configured to communicate with another device. The processing unit transmits a signal to the another device on the basis of a detection signal detected by the sensor. The processing unit performs a process according to an instruction transmitted from the another device in accordance with the signal.

Claims (36)

1. An information processing device comprising:

a sensor configured to detect that the information processing apparatus is worn on a part of a human body;

a communication interface configured to communicate with another device; and

a processor configured to

control the communication interface to transmit a signal to the another device indicating that the information processing device is worn on a part of a human body based on an output of the sensor; and

receive, from the another device, an instruction to perform an operation in a case that the another device determines that the information processing device is worn on a part of a human body after predetermined time elapses from when the information processing device is removed from a part of a human body.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a user interface, wherein

the processor is configured to

detect a plurality of operation modes of the user interface; and

control the communication interface to transmit an operation signal according to the detected operation mode to the another device.

3. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein

the processor is configured to control the communication interface to transmit, to the another device, an instruction that causes the another device to perform a process that varies based on whether the information processing device is worn on a part of a human body.

4. The information processing device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a user interface, wherein

the processor is configured to

detect a plurality of operation modes of the user interface, and

control the user interface to transmit, to the another device, an instruction that causes the another device to perform a process that varies based on the detected modes.

5. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein

the part of the human body is an ear.

6. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein

the processor is configured to perform the operation according to the instruction received from the another device.

7. An information processing device comprising:

a communication interface configured to receive, from a wearable electronic device, a signal indicating that the wearable electronic device is worn on a part of a human body based on an output of a sensor of the wearable electronic device; and

a processor configured to

retrieve information for transmission to the wearable electronic device in a case that the processor determines that the wearable electronic device is worn on a part of a human body after predetermined time elapses from when the wearable electronic device is removed from a part of a human body; and

control the communication interface to transmit the information to the wearable electronic device.

8. A system comprising:

a wearable device including

a sensor configured to detect that the information processing apparatus is worn on a part of a human body; and

a first communication interface configured to transmit a signal to a mobile terminal indicating that the wearable device is worn on a part of a human body based on an output of the sensor; and

the mobile terminal including

a second communication interface configured to receive the signal transmitted by the first communication interface of the wearable device; and

a processor configured to

acquire information for transmission to the wearable terminal device in a case that it is determined that the wearable device is worn on a part of a human body after a predetermined time elapses from when the wearable device is removed from a part of a human body; and

control the second communication interface to transmit that information to the wearable device.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 25, 2019
From: SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 048691/0134 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 27, 2017
From: ISHIDA, AKIHIRO; HIROSE, YOJI; TSUDA, TAKAMOTO; WANG, SHIHUI; AOYAMA, RYU
To: SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS INC.
Reel/Frame 041103/0884 →