IP Library Granted Patent US 12,316,916
Granted Patent B2
US 12,316,916 · App. 17/861,696 · Granted May 27, 2025

Wearable device

Inventor: Noriko Takahashi (Kyoto, JP)
Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
H04N21/47217G02B27/0101G02B27/017H04N21/47202G02B2027/0138G02B2027/014G02B2027/0178
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Patent No.
US 12,316,916
App. No.
17/861,696
Granted
May 27, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Smart glasses are provided with an imaging unit for imaging a working scene of a worker, a display unit, a controller for controlling a display of the display unit, and an input device configured to receive an input of a playback instruction to instruct a playback of a video obtained by imaging the working scene. The controller causes the display unit to display the video from a first time point in response to an input of the playback instruction. The first time point is a time point that goes back by a first period from the playback instruction.

Claims (35)

1. A wearable device comprising:

an imaging unit configured to perform imaging of a working scene of a worker who performs one or more work contents among a plurality of work contents;

a display unit;

a controller configured to control a display of the display unit; and

an input unit configured to receive input of a playback instruction by the worker to instruct a playback of a video obtained by the imaging of the working scene,

wherein the controller is configured to cause the display unit to display the video from a first time point in response to the input of the playback instruction,

wherein the first time point is a time point that goes back by a first period from the playback instruction,

wherein the first period corresponds to a work content at a time of receiving the input of the playback instruction, among a plurality of first periods corresponding to the plurality of work contents, and

wherein the first period b a constant length that is determined in advance based on the work content.

2. The wearable device as recited in claim 1 ,

wherein the imaging unit is configured to start imaging in response to activation of the wearable device.

3. The wearable device as recited in claim 1 ,

wherein the imaging unit is configured to stop imaging when the video is being played back.

4. The wearable device as recited in claim 1 ,

wherein the input unit is configured to further receive input of a termination instruction to instruct termination of the playback of the video, and

wherein the controller is configured to terminate the display of the video on the display unit in response to the input of the termination instruction when the video is being played back.

5. The wearable device as recited in claim 1 ,

wherein the first period is specified by a time or the number of processes of the work.

6. The wearable device as recited in claim 1 ,

wherein the first period is capable of being specified by the worker or an administrator of the work.

7. The wearable device as recited in claim 1 ,

wherein the input unit is configured to further receive input of a first instruction to go backward in the video which is being played back to a second time point,

wherein the controller is configured to cause the display unit to display the video from the second time point in response to the input of the first instruction,

wherein the second time point is a time point that goes back by a second period from the first instruction,

wherein the input unit is configured to further receive input of a second instruction to go forward in the video which is being played to a third time point,

wherein the controller is configured to cause the display unit to display the video from the third time point in response to the input of the second instruction, and

wherein the third time point is a time point that goes forward by a third period from the second instruction.

8. The wearable device as recited in claim 7 ,

wherein the second period differs from the third period.

9. The wearable device as recited in claim 1 , further comprising:

a storage unit for storing the video.

10. The wearable device as recited in claim 1 , further comprising:

a communication unit configured to communicate with an external device,

wherein the communication unit transmits the video to the external device, and

wherein the video is stored in the external device as a log of the work.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 13, 2025
From: GARNER DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, LLC
To: DAVINIA ENTERPRISES LTD.
Reel/Frame 072007/0146 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 20, 2022
From: TAKAHASHI, NORIKO
To: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061834/0018 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-159339 · Sep 29, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230101110A1 · Mar 30, 2023
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