Information processing device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10630826-B2
Application number	US-201816159454-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 12, 2018
Priority date	Feb 18, 2016
Publication date	Apr 21, 2020
Grant date	Apr 21, 2020

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.

First claim

What is claimed is:

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.

Assignees

• Sony Mobile Communications Inc
• Sony Corp

Inventors

• Ishida Akihiro
• Hirose Yoji
• Tsuda Takamoto
• Wang Shihui
• Aoyama Ryu

Classifications

• H04M2250/12

  including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion · CPC title

• H04M2250/02

  including a Bluetooth® interface · CPC title

• H04B1/385

  Transceivers carried on the body, e.g. in helmets · CPC title

• H04M2250/04

  including near field communication means, e.g. RFID · CPC title

• H04B2001/3872

  with extendable microphones or earphones · CPC title