WEARABLE DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM

• US 20170243600A1
• Filed: 05/08/2017
• Published: 08/24/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/12/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: TESHIMA, Mamiko
• Application Number:
  US15/589,144
• Publication Number:
  US 20170243600A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 21/00 Teaching, or communicating with, the blind, deaf or mute audible presentation of material to be studied G09B5/04; devices or methods for replacing direct visual or auditory perception by another kind of perception A61F9/08, A61F11/04; audible indication of meter readings or of colour G01D7/12; watches for blind persons G04B25/02; speech analysis, speech recognition G10L; sound-recording or reproducing, per se G11B
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2021/065 Aids for the handicapped in understanding
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 21/10 Transforming into visible information
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 25/51 for comparison or discrimination
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 25/78 Detection of presence or absence of voice signals switching of direction of transmission by voice frequency in two-way loud-speaking telephone systems H04M9/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/40 by combining a number of identical transducers specially adapted for hearing aids H04R25/405
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/406 microphones
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 3/00 Circuits for transducers , loudspeakers or microphones
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 3/005 for combining the signals of two or more microphones specially adapted for hearing aids H04R25/407

Abstract

A wearable device is provided that includes a microphone, a display, and controller. The controller analyzes audio information picked up by the microphone, and, when audio corresponding to a predetermined verbal address phrase has been detected in the acquired audio information, causes the display to display an indication of an utterance of a verbal address on the display.

Claims

1. A wearable device comprising:

a microphone;

a display; and

a processor configured to execute a process, the process comprising;

analyzing audio information picked up by the microphone; and

causing the display to display an indication of an utterance of a verbal address when audio corresponding to a predetermined verbal address phrase has been detected as being included in the acquired audio information.

2. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the display is a retinal display or a transmission type display.

3. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the indication is a display of a predetermined icon or text corresponding to the verbal address.

4. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the process further comprises identifying a direction from which audio corresponding to the predetermined verbal address phrase is emitted, and displaying the indication at a position corresponding to the identified emitted direction.

5. The wearable device of claim 4, wherein at least one of in front, to the rear, at the right, at the left, above, or below the wearable device, in a worn state of the wearable device, is selected as the emitted direction.

6. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the process further comprises:

identifying a direction from which audio corresponding to the predetermined verbal address phrase is emitted; and

displaying a different mark on the display, or displaying a same mark on the display in a different state, for cases in which the identified emitted direction is in front than for cases in which the emitted direction is to the rear.

7. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the process further comprises:

identifying the direction from which audio corresponding to the predetermined verbal address phrase is emitted and causing an alert mark to be displayed in cases in which the identified emitted direction is from the rear.

8. The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the process further comprises:

causing the display so as to display information in cases in which audio corresponding to the predetermined verbal address phrase is detected as being included in the acquired audio information, and causing the display so as to not display information in cases in which audio corresponding to the predetermined verbal address phrase is not included in the acquired audio information.

9. A wearable device comprising:

a microphone;

a display; and

a processor configured to execute a process, the process comprising;

transmitting a wireless signal including audio information picked up by the microphone, and receiving a wireless signal including predetermined information transmitted from an information processing device when the information processing device, having received the wireless signal and acquired the audio information, detects audio corresponding to a predetermined verbal address phrase as being included in the audio information; and

causing the display to display an indication of an utterance of a verbal address according to the detection of the predetermined information included in the wireless signal received by the wireless communication section.

10. A display control method in which a computer executes processing comprising:

by a processor;

analyzing audio information picked up by a microphone; and

causing a display to display an indication of an utterance of a verbal address when audio corresponding to a predetermined verbal address phrase has been detected as being included in the acquired audio information.

11. The display control method of claim 10, wherein:

the display is a retinal display or a transmission type display.

12. The display control method of claim 10, wherein the indication is a display of a predetermined icon or text corresponding to the verbal address.

13. The display control method of claim 10, further comprising, by the processor, identifying a direction from which audio corresponding to the predetermined verbal address phrase is emitted and displaying the indication at a position corresponding to the identified emitted direction.

14. The display control method of claim 13, wherein at least one from out of in front, to the rear, at the right, at the left, above, or below a device executing the processing, in a worn state of the device, is selected as the emitted direction.

15. The display control method of claim 10, further comprising:

by the processor;

identifying a direction from which audio corresponding to the predetermined verbal address phrase is emitted; and

displaying a different mark on the display, or displaying a same mark on the display in a different state, for cases in which the identified emitted direction is in front than for cases in which the identified emitted direction is to the rear.

16. The display control method of claim 10, further comprising:

by the processor;

identifying a direction from which audio corresponding to the predetermined verbal address phrase is emitted; and

displaying an alert mark in cases in which the identified emitted direction is from the rear.

17. The display control method of claim 10, further comprising:

by the processor;

causing the display so as to display information in cases in which audio corresponding to the predetermined verbal address phrase is detected as being included in the acquired audio information, and so as to not display information in cases in which audio corresponding to the predetermined verbal address phrase is not included in the acquired audio information

18. A display control method in which a computer executes processing comprising:

by a processor;

transmitting a wireless signal including audio information picked up by a microphone, and receiving a wireless signal including predetermined information transmitted from an information processing device when the information processing device, having received the wireless signal and acquired the audio information, detects audio corresponding to a predetermined verbal address phrase as being included in the audio information; and

causing a display to display an indication of an utterance of a verbal address according to the detection of the predetermined information included in the received wireless signal.