IP Library Granted Patent US 10,630,826
Granted Patent B2
US 10,630,826 · App. 16/159,454 · Granted Apr 21, 2020

Information processing device

Inventors: Akihiro Ishida (Kanagawa, JP); Yoji Hirose (Kanagawa, JP); Takamoto Tsuda (Kanagawa, JP); Shihui Wang (Tokyo, JP); Ryu Aoyama (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
H04M1/6066H04B1/385H04M1/05H04M1/7253H04M1/72527H04M1/72569H04M2250/02H04M2250/04H04M2250/12
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Patent No.
US 10,630,826
App. No.
16/159,454
Granted
Apr 21, 2020
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 (59)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a wireless communication interface configured to communicate with another device; and

circuitry configured to

determine, based on an output of a sensor, whether the electronic device is worn on a part of a human body; and

reproduce content provided by the another device via the wireless communication interface in a case that it is determined that the electronic device is worn on a part of a human body after predetermined time has elapsed from when the electronic device was removed from a part of a human body.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein

the circuitry is configured to initiate reproduction of the content provided by the another device via the wireless communication interface in a case that it is determined that the electronic device is worn on a part of a human body after predetermined time has elapsed from when the electronic device was removed from a part of a human body.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein

the content provided by the another device is music.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein

the another device is a mobile phone.

5. The electronic device of claim 4 , wherein

the content is audio content corresponding to a telephone call executed by the mobile phone.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein

the circuitry is configured to control the wireless communication interface to transmit a message to the another device in a case that it is determined that the electronic device is worn on a part of a human body after predetermined time has elapsed from when the electronic device was removed from a part of a human body.

7. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein

the circuitry is configured to control the communication interface to transmit, as the message, a request for information in the case that it is determined that the electronic device is worn on a part of a human body after predetermined time has elapsed from when the electronic device was removed from a part of a human body.

8. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the circuitry is configured to:

determine a current time; and

select the message to be transmitted to the another device based on the determined current time.

9. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the circuitry is configured to:

determine a current time; and

select the message, from a plurality of different messages requesting different types of content, to be transmitted to the another device based on the determined current time.

10. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein

the circuitry is configured to not reproduce the content in a case that it is determined that the electronic device is worn on a part of a human body before a predetermined time has elapsed from when the electronic device was removed from a part of a human body.

11. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein

the wireless communication interface is a Bluetooth communication interface.

12. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising:

the sensor configured to detect whether the electronic device is worn on a part of a human body.

13. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a user interface, wherein

the circuitry 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.

14. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein

the circuitry is configured to control the wireless 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.

15. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein

the electronic device is an earphone configured to be worn on a user's ear.

16. An electronic device comprising:

a wireless communication interface configured to communicate with another device; and

circuitry configured to

determine, based on an output of a sensor, whether the electronic device is worn on a part of a human body;

identify a time duration between a last time that the electronic device was removed from a part of a human body and a time that it is determined that the electronic device is worn on the part of the human body based on the output of the sensor; and

control reproduction of content provided by the another device via the wireless communication interface based on the time duration.

17. The electronic device of claim 16 , wherein

the circuitry is configured to reproduce content provided by the another device via the wireless communication interface in a case that the time duration exceeds a predetermined threshold value.

18. The electronic device of claim 16 , wherein

the circuitry is configured to not reproduce the content provided by the another device via the wireless communication interface in a case that the time duration is less than a predetermined threshold value.

19. The electronic device of claim 16 , wherein

the electronic device is an earphone configured to be worn on a user's ear,

the wireless communication interface is a Bluetooth communication interface,

the another device is a mobile phone, and

the content is music content transmitted from the mobile phone to the earphone via the wireless communication interface.

20. An earphone configured to be worn in a user's ear, the earphone comprising:

a Bluetooth communication interface configured to wirelessly communication with a mobile phone;

a sensor configured to detect whether the earphone is worn on a user's ear; and

circuitry configured to

determine, based on an output of the sensor, whether the earphone is worn on the user's ear; and

reproduce music content provided by the mobile phone via the Bluetooth communication interface in a case that it is determined that the earphone is worn on the user's ear after a predetermined time has elapsed from when the earphone was removed from the user's ear.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 25, 2019
From: SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
To: SONY CORPORATION
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