Electronic apparatus and method

• US 10,755,545 B2
• Filed: 02/01/2019
• Issued: 08/25/2020
• 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:
  US16/265,900
• Publication Number:
  US 20190172334A1
• Time in Patent Office: 571 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. A wearable terminal configured to be attached to an additional image display to display an additional image and configured to be attached to a prescribed sensor, the wearable terminal comprising:

a lens to form a virtual image of the additional image; and

an adjusting mechanism, wherein

the wearable terminal is configured to be worn by a user,

divergent light corresponding to the additional image passes through the lens,

the lens keeps the divergent light divergent to form the virtual image,

the virtual image is adjustable via a first change by the adjusting mechanism while the user sees the virtual image,

the virtual image performs a second change based on information regarding behavior of the user to change a status of the user,

a mobile device includes the prescribed sensor,

the mobile device infers the behavior of the user based on the prescribed sensor to generate the information so that the behavior to change the status of the user is detected by a function incorporated in the mobile device, and

the virtual image after the second change is formed in a prescribed area based on a result of the first change.

2. The wearable terminal according to claim 1, wherein

the adjusting mechanism is utilized to change an angle of projection of the light to adjust a position of the virtual image.

3. A method executed by a wearable terminal which is wearable by a user and which comprises a lens and adjusting mechanism, the method comprising:

displaying an additional image on an additional image display configured to be attached to the wearable terminal; and

forming a virtual image of the additional image with the lens, wherein

divergent light corresponding to the additional image passes through the lens,

the lens keeps the divergent light divergent to form the virtual image,

the virtual image is adjustable via a first change by the adjusting mechanism while the user sees the virtual image,

the virtual image performs a second change based on information regarding user'"'"'s behavior to change a status of the user,

a mobile device includes a prescribed sensor configured to be attached to the wearable terminal,

the mobile device infers the behavior of the user based on the prescribed sensor to generate the information so that the behavior to change the status of the user is detected by a function incorporated in the mobile device, and

the virtual image after the second change is formed in a prescribed area based on a result of the first change.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein

the adjusting mechanism is utilized to change an angle of projection of the light to adjust a position of the virtual image.

5. A wearable terminal wearable by a user and which is configured to be attached to an additional image display to display an additional image and is configured to be attached to a prescribed sensor, comprising:

a processor configured to determine a status change of the user based on a detecting signal obtained from the prescribed sensor;

a lens configured to form a virtual image of the additional image; and

an adjusting mechanism, wherein

divergent light corresponding to the additional image passes through the lens,

the lens keeps the divergent light divergent to form the virtual image,

the virtual image is adjustable via a first change by the adjusting mechanism while the user sees the virtual image,

a mobile device includes the prescribed sensor,

the status change of the user is detected by a function incorporated in the mobile device,

the virtual image performs a second change based on the determined status change, and

the virtual image relating to the determined status change is formed in a prescribed area based on a result of the first change.

6. A method executed by a wearable terminal which is wearable by a user and which is configured to be attached to an additional image display to display an additional image and is configured to be attached to a prescribed sensor, the method comprising:

determining a status change of the user based on a detecting signal obtained from the prescribed sensor;

displaying the additional image; and

forming a virtual image of the additional image with a lens included in the wearable terminal, wherein

divergent light corresponding to the additional image passes through the lens,

the lens keeps the divergent light divergent to form the virtual image,

the virtual image is adjustable via a first change by adjusting mechanism located at a predetermined position of the wearable terminal while the user sees the virtual image,

a mobile device includes the prescribed sensor,

the status change of the user is detected by a function incorporated in the mobile device,

the virtual image performs a second change based on the determined status change, and

the virtual image relating to the determined status change is formed in a prescribed area based on result of the first change.

7. A system comprising:

a server;

a wearable terminal containing a lens and adjusting mechanism, the wearable terminal being configured to be attached to an additional image display to display an additional image; and

a prescribed sensor configured to obtain information on a user wearing the wearable terminal, wherein

the server determines a status change of the user based on the information,

divergent light corresponding to the additional image passes through the lens,

the lens keeps the divergent light divergent to form a virtual image of the additional image,

the virtual image is adjustable via a first change by the adjusting mechanism while the user sees the virtual image,

a mobile device includes the prescribed sensor,

the status change of the user is detected by a function incorporated in the mobile device,

the virtual image performs a second change based on the determined status change of the user, and

the virtual image relating to the determined status change of the user is formed in a prescribed area based on a result of the first change.

8. The system according to claim 7, wherein

the adjusting mechanism is utilized to change an angle of projection of the light to adjust a position of the virtual image.