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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2023
Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Shuji Fujita, Tokyo, JP;
Shinya Ootani, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhito Wakana, Tokyo, JP;
Teppei Imamura, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoki Kyoizumi, Tokyo, JP;
Kazutaka Takaki, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuharu Fukushima, Tokyo, JP;
Yukito Inoue, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoya Takei, Tokyo, JP;
SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A wearable device of which a degree of tightening can be adjusted using electronic control is provided. A wearable device includes a frame that is curved along a longitudinal direction of the frame and of which a degree of curvature is changeable; a plurality of first wires arranged in a widthwise direction of the frame, each of the plurality of first wires being supported to be provided to the frame along the longitudinal direction, each of the plurality of first wires being made of a shape memory alloy of which a length is made smaller when the shape memory alloy reaches a first temperature or above due to being energized; and a controller that receives first information and is capable of controlling energization of a first wire of the plurality of first wires on the basis of the first information, the control of the energization enabling the degree of curvature of the frame to be adjusted.