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Granted Patent B2
US 12,399,569 · App. 17/544,938 · Granted Aug 26, 2025

Non-transitory computer readable medium

Inventor: Ikumi Kaede (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
G06F3/017G06F1/163G06F1/1694G06F3/011G06F3/014G06F3/04842
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Patent No.
US 12,399,569
App. No.
17/544,938
Granted
Aug 26, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer of a first device to execute a process, the process comprising: switching a mode of the first device to a second mode in response to the first device being worn by a user in a second predetermined orientation, the second mode being a mode which allows the user to control a second device by performing a predetermined motion with a finger of the user.

Claims (36)

1. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process, the process comprising:

switching a mode of a wrist-worn device being worn on a first arm of a user from a first mode to a second mode in response to an outer side of the wrist-worn device being covered by a hand of a second arm opposite the first arm of the user, the second mode being a mode which allows the user to instruct a second device that is different from the wrist-worn device to perform a plurality of types of processing, wherein the plurality of types of processing comprises a first processing associated with the motion of the finger of the hand covering the wrist-worn device and a second processing associated with a motion of a fingertip of the first arm, the wrist-worn device comprises a second sensor, and in the second mode, the wrist-worn device detects the motion of the fingertip of the first arm using the second sensor,

wherein the wrist-worn device has a display that displays a displayed element,

in the first mode of the wrist-worn device, the wrist-worn device is configured to execute a processing associated with the displayed element on the display of a first display device in response to a detection of a touch operation on the displayed element, and

in the second mode of the wrist-worn device, the wrist-worn device detects the motion of the finger of the hand covering the wrist-worn device.

2. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to to claim 1 ,

wherein the switching of the mode of the wrist-worn device from the first mode to the second mode is in response to a determination that the size of the covered portion of the wrist-worn device exceeds a predetermined threshold.

3. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 1 ,

wherein the switching of the mode of the wrist-worn device from the first mode to the second mode is in response to the hand of the second arm of the user covering the wrist-worn device with a pressure satisfying a predetermined condition.

4. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 1 ,

wherein the process further comprises, when switching the mode of the wrist-worn device to the second mode, reducing luminance of a display of the wrist-worn device.

5. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 1 ,

wherein the process further comprises causing a display of the wrist-worn device in the second mode to display content that was being displayed in a first area of the display in the first mode in a second area that is smaller than the first area in the second mode so that the content is displayed without being hidden by any part of the user's body in the second mode.

6. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 1 ,

wherein the predetermined gesture is sensed by a sensor at a display of the wrist-worn device.

7. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 1 , wherein

the wrist-worn device comprises a first sensor at a bezel of the wrist-worn device, and

in the second mode, the wrist-worn device detects the motion of the of the finger of the hand using the first sensor.

8. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 1 , wherein

the wrist-worn device comprises a first sensor at a belt of the wrist-worn device, and

in the second mode, the wrist-worn device detects the motion of the of the finger of the hand using the first sensor.

9. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 1 , wherein

the second sensor is at a side in contact with the first arm.

10. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 9 , wherein the process further comprising:

displaying, on a display of the second device during the second mode, a display screen that includes a first region and a second region,

wherein during the second mode, a first element represented the first motion and a second element represented the second motion are displayed in the first region of the display screen, and a content of processing to be executed in the second device associated with each of the first motion and the second motion are displayed in the second region of the display screen.

11. A wrist-worn device comprising a processor configured to:

switch a mode of the wrist-worn device being worn on a first arm of a user from a first mode to a second mode in response to a hand of a second arm opposite the first arm of the user covering the wrist-worn device, the second mode being a mode that allows the user to instruct another device to perform a plurality of types of processing, wherein the plurality of types of processing comprises a first processing associated with the motion of the finger of the hand covering the wrist-worn device and a second processing associated with a motion of a fingertip of the first arm, the wrist-worn device comprises a second sensor, and in the second mode, the wrist-worn device detects the motion of the fingertip of the first arm using the second sensor,

wherein the wrist-worn device has a display that displays a displayed element,

in the first mode of the wrist-worn device, the wrist-worn device is configured to execute a processing associated with the displayed element on the display of a first display device in response to a detection of a touch operation on the displayed element, and

in the second mode of the wrist-worn device, the wrist-worn device detects the motion of the finger of the hand covering the wrist-worn device.

12. A method comprising:

switching a mode of a wrist-worn device being worn on a first arm of a user from a first mode to a second mode in response to a hand of a second arm opposite the first arm of the user covering the wrist-worn device, the second mode being a mode that allows the user to instruct a second device that is different from the wrist-worn device to perform a plurality of types of processing, wherein the plurality of types of processing comprises a first processing associated with the motion of the finger of the hand covering the wrist-worn device and a second processing associated with a motion of a fingertip of the first arm, the wrist-worn device comprises a second sensor, and in the second mode, the wrist-worn device detects the motion of the fingertip of the first arm using the second sensor,

wherein the wrist-worn device has a display that displays a displayed element,

in the first mode of the wrist-worn device, the wrist-worn device is configured to execute a processing associated with the displayed element on the display of a first display device in response to a detection of a touch operation on the displayed element, and

in the second mode of the wrist-worn device, the wrist-worn device detects the motion of the finger of the hand covering the wrist-worn device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 9, 2021
From: KAEDE, IKUMI
To: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Reel/Frame 058354/0089 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-126263 · Jul 30, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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