Mobile apparatus
First Claim
1. A mobile apparatus comprising:
- a main body;
a touch screen disposed on a front surface of the main body and configured to display at least one operation switch at a display position for receiving an input signal from at least one digit of a hand of a user holding the mobile apparatus, wherein the at least one digit is a thumb of the hand; and
a biosensor disposed on a top side surface of the main body that is above the front surface and extends in a direction orthogonal to the front surface, the biosensor being configured to detect a biosignal from another digit of the hand of the user holding the mobile apparatus, other than the at least one digit of the hand, or of another hand of the user holding the mobile apparatus,wherein, in response to detecting the biosignal, the at least one operation switch is displayed at the display position on the touch screen arranged along a circular arc of a virtual circle having a center point located near a carpometacarpal joint of the at least one digit of the hand of the user holding the mobile apparatus and having a radius that corresponds to a distance from the carpometacarpal joint to a tip of the at least one digit of the hand of the user holding the mobile apparatus, wherein the center point and the radius are set in advance based on stochastic data, andwherein the biosensor is a photoelectric pulse wave sensor, and the detected biosignal is a photoelectric pulse wave signal, wherein the at least one operation switch is displayed at the display position on the touch screen in response to the another digit of the hand holding the mobile apparatus, other than the at least one digit of the hand, or of the another hand of the user holding the mobile apparatus touching the photoelectric pulse wave sensor.
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Abstract
A smart phone includes photoelectric pulse wave sensing units that obtain photoelectric pulse wave signals from hands holding the smart phone, a touch screen on which a plurality of operation switches that accept operations performed by thumbs are displayed, and a switch arrangement changing unit that changes the arrangement of the displayed plurality of operation switches. The switch arrangement changing unit, when photoelectric pulse wave signals are obtained by the photoelectric pulse wave sensing units, changes the arrangement of the operation switches displayed on the touch screen in such a manner that the operation switches are arranged along a circular arc of a virtual circle whose center is located at a carpometacarpal joint of the thumb of a right hand performing operations and whose radius is the distance from the carpometacarpal joint to the tip of the thumb.
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15 Claims
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1. A mobile apparatus comprising:
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a main body; a touch screen disposed on a front surface of the main body and configured to display at least one operation switch at a display position for receiving an input signal from at least one digit of a hand of a user holding the mobile apparatus, wherein the at least one digit is a thumb of the hand; and a biosensor disposed on a top side surface of the main body that is above the front surface and extends in a direction orthogonal to the front surface, the biosensor being configured to detect a biosignal from another digit of the hand of the user holding the mobile apparatus, other than the at least one digit of the hand, or of another hand of the user holding the mobile apparatus, wherein, in response to detecting the biosignal, the at least one operation switch is displayed at the display position on the touch screen arranged along a circular arc of a virtual circle having a center point located near a carpometacarpal joint of the at least one digit of the hand of the user holding the mobile apparatus and having a radius that corresponds to a distance from the carpometacarpal joint to a tip of the at least one digit of the hand of the user holding the mobile apparatus, wherein the center point and the radius are set in advance based on stochastic data, and wherein the biosensor is a photoelectric pulse wave sensor, and the detected biosignal is a photoelectric pulse wave signal, wherein the at least one operation switch is displayed at the display position on the touch screen in response to the another digit of the hand holding the mobile apparatus, other than the at least one digit of the hand, or of the another hand of the user holding the mobile apparatus touching the photoelectric pulse wave sensor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A mobile apparatus comprising:
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a main body; a touch screen disposed on a front surface of the main body and configured to display a plurality of operation switches at a plurality of respective display positions for receiving input signals from respective digits of a left hand and a right hand of a user holding the mobile apparatus, wherein the respective digits are a thumb of the left hand and a thumb of the right hand; a plurality of biosensors disposed on at least a top side surface of the main body that is above the front surface and extends in a direction orthogonal to the front surface, the plurality of biosensors being configured to detect biosignals respectively from another digit of the left hand of the user holding the mobile apparatus and another digit of the right hand of the user holding the mobile apparatus other than the respective digits of the left hand and the right hand of the user holding the mobile apparatus; and a biosignal selection unit configured to selectively output biosignals detected by the respective biosensors, wherein, in response to detecting the respective biosignals, the plurality of operation switches are displayed at the respective display positions on the touch screen and are arranged along circular arcs of a pair of virtual circles having respective center points located near carpometacarpal joints of the respective digits of the left hand and the right hand of the user holding the mobile apparatus and radiuses that correspond to a distance from the respective carpometacarpal joint of the respective digits of the left hand and the right hand to a tip of the respective digits of the left hand and the right hand of the user holding the mobile apparatus, wherein the center points and the radiuses are set in advance based on stochastic data, and wherein the plurality of biosensors are each photoelectric pulse wave sensors, and the detected biosignals are photoelectric pulse wave signals, wherein the plurality of operation switches are displayed at the respective display positions on the touch screen in response to the respective another digit of the left hand of the user holding the mobile apparatus and the respective another digit of the right hand of the user holding the mobile apparatus, other than the respective digits of the left hand and the right hand of the of the user holding the mobile apparatus, touching the respective photoelectric pulse wave sensor. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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