# US 10,769,390 B2 · Position based identifier combination information processing system, unit, and method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,769,390 B2 - Document ID: US10769390B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/781,360 - Filed: 2016-11-30 - Published: 2018-12-20 - Granted: 2020-09-08 - Earliest claimed: 2015-12-08 - Assignees: Sony Corporation - Applicants: Sony Corporation - Inventors: Fumiko Shiga; Soichi Fukasawa; Naoko Ishiduka; Akira Tange; Tomomasa Watanabe - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10769390B2 ## CPC - G06K 7/10366: {the interrogation device being adapted for miscellaneous applications} - G06F 3/014: {Hand-worn input/output arrangements, e.g. data gloves} - G06F 3/017: {Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures (interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883)} - G06K 19/07773: {Antenna details (antennas for wireless devices, e.g. RFID tags, in general H01Q1/22)} - G06Q 20/326: {Payment applications installed on the mobile devices} - G06K: GRAPHICAL DATA READING (image or video recognition or understanding G06V); PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract An information processing system according to an embodiment of the technology includes: a plurality of first wireless communication units each having an identifier; and a second wireless communication unit that reads out the identifier from each of the plurality of first wireless communication units combined from among the plurality of first wireless communication units. The information processing system further includes an information processing unit that executes processing based on a combination of the plurality of identifiers that are read out by the second wireless communication unit. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An information processing system comprising: a plurality of first wireless communication units each having an identifier, wherein each of the plurality of first wireless communication units is fixed to a user's hand directly or indirectly; a second wireless communication unit that is not fixed to the user's hand directly or indirectly, wherein the second wireless communication unit that outputs a signal to a predetermined communication region that surrounds at least part of the second wireless communication unit, and each of the plurality of first wireless communication units is either within the communication region or outside the communication region, such that a first subset of the first wireless communication units is inside the communication region and a second subset of the first wireless communication units is outside the communication region, and the first subset includes a third subset of at least one of the first wireless communication units and a fourth subset of at least one of the first wireless communication units, wherein the second wireless communication unit reads out the identifier only from each of the first subset of the first wireless communication units, including reading out respective identifiers from each of the first wireless communication units in both the third subset and the fourth subset which are combined with each other; and an information processing unit that executes processing based on a combination of the plurality of identifiers from the third and fourth subsets of the first wireless communication units that are read out by the second wireless communication unit. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein, in a case where a first identifier that is one of the plurality of identifiers that are read out by the second wireless communication unit is a flag meaning permission of execution of processing corresponding to one or more identifiers other than the first identifier among the plurality of identifiers that are read out by the second wireless communication unit, the information processing unit executes processing corresponding to the one or more identifiers other than the first identifier among the plurality of identifiers that are read out by the second wireless communication unit. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein each of the first wireless communication units has: an IC (Integrated Circuit) chip incorporating an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) circuit and a storage circuit that stores the identifier; and an antenna coupled to the IC chip. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of first wireless communication units are each fixed one by one onto all or a portion of a plurality of user's fingers directly or indirectly. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the information processing unit outputs an execution result of the processing. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of first wireless communication units includes at least three first wireless communication units. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The information processing system according to claim 6, wherein the first subset of the first wireless communication units includes a range of two to five first wireless communication units. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The information processing system according to claim 6, wherein the first subset of the first wireless communication units includes three first wireless communication units. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The information processing system according to claim 8, wherein the second subset of the first wireless communication units includes at least one first wireless communication unit. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the signal output by the second wireless communication unit includes a carrier wave. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of first wireless communication units is fixed to the user's hand indirectly by a glove. ### Claim 12 An information processing system comprising: a reader that reads out a first identifier present uniquely in a user's body; one or more first wireless communication units each having a second identifier, wherein each of the one or more first wireless communication units is fixed to a user's hand directly or indirectly; a second wireless communication unit that is not fixed to the user's hand directly or indirectly, wherein the second wireless communication unit that outputs a signal to a predetermined communication region that surrounds at least part of the second wireless communication unit, and each of the one or more first wireless communication units is either within the communication region or outside the communication region, such that a first subset of the one or more first wireless communication units is inside the communication region and a second subset of the one or more first wireless communication units is outside the communication region, and the first subset includes a third subset of at least one of the first wireless communication units and a fourth subset of at least one of the first wireless communication units, wherein the second wireless communication unit reads out only the second identifier from each of the first subset of the one or more first wireless communication units including reading out respective identifiers from each of the first wireless communication units in both the third subset and the fourth subset which are combined with each other; and an information processing unit that executes processing based on a combination of the first identifier that is read out by the reader with one or more second identifiers from the third and fourth subsets that are read out by the second wireless communication unit from the first subset of the one or more first wireless communication units. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The information processing system according to claim 12, wherein in a case where the first identifier that is read out by the reader is a flag meaning permission of execution of processing corresponding to the one or more second identifiers that are read out by the second wireless communication unit, the information processing unit executes processing corresponding to the one or more second identifiers that are read out by the second wireless communication unit. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The information processing system according to claim 12, wherein each of the first wireless communication units has: an IC (Integrated Circuit) chip incorporating an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) circuit and a storage circuit that stores the identifier; and an antenna coupled to the IC chip. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The information processing system according to claim 12, wherein the plurality of first wireless communication units are each fixed one by one onto all or a portion of a plurality of user's fingers directly or indirectly. ### Claim 16 (depends on 12) The information processing system according to claim 12, wherein the information processing unit outputs an execution result of the processing. ### Claim 17 An information processing unit comprising: a database, wherein a plurality of first wireless communication units, each fixed to a user's hand directly or indirectly, each have an identifier and a second wireless communication unit that is not fixed to the user's hand directly or indirectly outputs a signal to a predetermined communication region that surrounds at least part of the second wireless communication unit, and each of the plurality of first wireless communication units is either within the communication region or outside the communication region, such that a first subset of the first wireless communication units is inside the communication region and a second subset of the first wireless communication units is outside the communication region, and the first subset includes a third subset of at least one of the first wireless communication units and a fourth subset of at least one of the first wireless communication units, and wherein the database gives a description of a content of processing in accordance with a combination of only a plurality of identifiers assigned one by one to each of the third and fourth subsets of the first wireless communication units; and an arithmetic section that, when the plurality of identifiers from the third and fourth subsets that are combined are inputted, reads out, from the database, the content of processing in accordance with a combination of the plurality of identifiers from the third and fourth subsets that are inputted, and executes processing in accordance with the content of processing. ### Claim 18 An information processing unit comprising: a database, wherein one or more wireless communication units each have an identifier and each of the one or more first wireless communication units is fixed to a user's hand directly or indirectly, and a second wireless communication unit that is not fixed to the user's hand directly or indirectly outputs a signal to a predetermined communication region that surrounds at least part of the second wireless communication unit, and each of the one or more wireless communication units is either within the communication region or outside the communication region, such that a first subset of the one or more wireless communication units is inside the communication region and a second subset of the one or more wireless communication units is outside the communication region, and the first subset includes a third subset of at least one of the first wireless communication units and a fourth subset of at least one of the first wireless communication units, and wherein the database gives a description of a content of processing in accordance with a combination of a first identifier present uniquely in a user's body with only one or more second identifiers assigned one by one to each of the first third and fourth subsets of the one or more wireless communication units within the communication region; and an arithmetic section that, when the first identifier and one or more second identifiers from the third and fourth subsets that are combined are inputted, reads out, from the database, the content of processing in accordance with a combination of the first identifier and the one or more inputted second identifiers from the third and fourth subsets that are inputted, and executes processing in accordance with the content of processing.