Wearable device and control method thereof
AssigneeSony Group Corporation
InventorKimihiro FUKUI
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Abstract
To provide a wearable device that detects a state of being worn on a body of a user. A wearable device includes: a main body; a first proximity sensor disposed on a first side surface of the main body; a second proximity sensor disposed on a second side surface of the main body, the second side surface forming an angle equal to or larger than a predetermined angle with the first side surface; and a determination unit that determines whether or not the main body is worn on a body of a user on the basis of a sensor signal of each of the first proximity sensor and the second proximity sensor. When the main body is worn on an ear of the user, the first side surface faces a cavum concha, and the second side surface faces an antitragus or an antihelix.
Claims8
A wearable device comprising:
- a main body;
- a first proximity sensor disposed on a first side surface of the main body;
- a second proximity sensor disposed on a second side surface of the main body, the second side surface forming an angle equal to or larger than a predetermined angle with the first side surface;
- and
- a determination unit that determines whether or not the main body is worn on a body of a user on a basis of a sensor signal of each of the first proximity sensor and the second proximity sensor.
A control method of a wearable device used by being worn on a body of a user,
- the wearable device comprising a main body, a first proximity sensor disposed on a first side surface of the main body, and a second proximity sensor disposed on a second side surface of the main body, the second side surface forming an angle equal to or larger than a predetermined angle with the first side surface,
- the control method comprising:
- a determination step of determining whether or not the main body is worn on the body of the user on a basis of a sensor signal of each of the first proximity sensor and the second proximity sensor;
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- a control step of controlling the main body on a basis of a determination result in the determination step.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.