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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2021
Korea University Research and Business Foundation, Seoul, KR;
Heon Jeong Lee, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A wearable device with an optical sensor equipped on a side part thereof is described. The wearable device includes a body part, a strap unit which fixes the body part to a wrist part of a user, an optical sensor unit including an optical sensor installed on a side surface of the body part to acquire illuminance information, a determining unit to determine whether the wearable device is worn such that the side surface on which the optical sensor is disposed is directed to fingers of the user, a display unit which is provided on the body part to display predetermined information, and a control unit to control an output direction of the predetermined information through the display unit based on an orientation of the side surface of the body part with respect to the fingers of the user.