Electronic apparatus and method

• US 10,235,856 B2
• Filed: 12/14/2015
• Issued: 03/19/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/01/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Sudo, Takashi, Tanaka, Akira, Doniwa, Kenichi, Komaki, Hiroaki, Kumagai, Hiroki, Kanishima, Yasuhiro, Okabayashi, Nobuhide
• Primary Examiner(s): McNally, Kerri L
• Assistant Examiner(s): Tran, Thang D
• Application Number:
  US14/968,759
• Publication Number:
  US 20170061758A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,191 Days
• Field of Search: 340522
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/04 for supporting on, or holding steady relative to, a person, e.g. by chains , e.g. rifle butt or pistol grip supports, supports attached to the chest or head apparatus or arrangements for taking photographs or for projecting or viewing them G03B
• CPC Class Codes: F16P 3/14 the means being photocells or other devices sensitive without mechanical contact
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0138 comprising image capture systems, e.g. camera
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/014 comprising information/image processing systems
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0178 Eyeglass type eyeglass details G02C
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0187 slaved to motion of at least a part of the body of the user, e.g. head, eye
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/017 Head mounted
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 19/00 Alarms responsive to two or more different undesired or abnormal conditions, e.g. burglary and fire, abnormal temperature and abnormal rate of flow
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/02 Alarms for ensuring the safety of persons

Abstract

According to one embodiment, a method executed by an electronic apparatus including storage configured to store device information including first position information indicating a position of a device installed in a particular range and risk information associated with use of the device is provided. The method includes receiving second position information indicating a position of a user wearing an eyeglasses-type wearable terminal and working within the particular range, from the eyeglasses-type wearable terminal and estimating a status of the user, based at least in part on the first position information and the risk information included in the device information, and the second position information.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a first sensor configured to sense a position of a user wearing the electronic device and output position information indicative of the position of the user;

a second sensor configured to sense a height of the user and output height information indicative of the height of the user from a floor surface;

a third sensor configured to sense acceleration generated on the user and output acceleration information indicative of the acceleration; and

an output device configured to output a notification corresponding to a state of the user based on the position information, the height information and the acceleration information, and the output device being configured to output the notification corresponding to a first state of the user if the height of the user is higher than a threshold position, if the position of the user is in close vicinity to a position of a device installed in a particular range, and if a work risk of a work that the user is executing is greater than a threshold value, the work being specified based on the acceleration information.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein

the output device is configured to output the notification if an operation for calling the electronic device is executed for a manager terminal used by a manager managing the user.

3. The electronic device of claim 2 further comprising a fourth sensor configured to (i) sense the number of times of blinking by or an angle of a line of sight of the user and (ii) output line-of-sight information indicative of the number of times of blinking by or the angle of the line of sight of the user.

4. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the output device is configured to output the notification corresponding to the first state of the user representing a dangerous status of the user if the height of the user is higher than the threshold position.

5. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the output device is configured to output the notification corresponding to the first state of the user representing a dangerous status of the user if the height of the user is higher than the threshold position and if the position of the user is in close vicinity to the position of the device installed in the particular range.

6. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the second sensor comprises a barometric pressure sensor measuring a barometric pressure, and

the height of the user is based on a barometric pressure measured by a barometric pressure sensor.

7. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first sensor comprises a GPS sensor.

8. The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising:

a transmitter configured to transmit the position information and the height information to a server, and

a receiver configured to receive state information from the server, the state information indicative of the state of the user.

9. The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising:

a processor configured to determine the state of the user based on the position information and the height information.

10. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the output device comprises a display or a LED.

13. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein a time to output the notification is based on the state of the user.

14. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the output device is configured to output the notification if it is determined that the first state of the user represents the user is in a stressed status based on a line-of-sight information.

15. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the height of the user corresponds to a measured height of the user in a vertical direction from the floor surface and is output as the height information.

11. A management system comprising:

a first device including

a first sensor configured to sense a position of a user wearing the first device and output position information indicative of the position of the user;

a second sensor configured to sense a height of the user and output height information indicative of the height of the user from a floor surface;

a third sensor configured to sense acceleration generated on the user and output acceleration information indicative of the acceleration; and

a transmitter configured to transmit the position information, the height information and the acceleration information; and

a second device is configured to (i) receive the position information, the height information and the acceleration information, (ii) determine a state of the user based on the position information, the height information and the acceleration information, and (iii) transmit state information indicative of the state of the user to the first device, wherein

the first device is configured to output a notification corresponding to the state of the user, the notification is output if the height of the user is higher than a threshold position, if the position of the user is in close vicinity to a position of a device installed in a particular range, and if a work risk of a work that the user is executing is greater than a threshold value, the work being specified based on the acceleration information.

16. The management system of claim 11, wherein a time to output the notification is based on the state of the user.

12. A management system comprising a first device, a second device, a third device and a fourth device, wherein

the first device is configured to detect a position of a user wearing the first device and transmit position information indicative of the position of the user to the third device,

the second device is configured to detect a height of the user and transmit height information indicative of the height of the user from a floor surface to the third device,

the third device is configured to detect acceleration generated on the user and transmit acceleration information indicative of the acceleration,

the fourth device is configured to receive the position information from the first device, the height information from the second device and the acceleration information from the third device, and determine a state of the user based on the position information, the height information and the acceleration information,

the first device is configured to output a notification corresponding to the state of the user, and

the notification is output if the height of the user is higher than a threshold position, if the position of the user is in close vicinity to a position of a device installed in a particular range, and if a work risk of a work that the user is executing is greater than a threshold value, the work being specified based on the acceleration information.

17. The management system of claim 12, wherein a time to output the notification is based on the state of the user.