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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2002
Toshihide Iwasa, Neyagawa, JP;
Toru Kamimura, Shiga, JP;
Toshihide Iwasa, Neyagawa, JP;
Toru Kamimura, Shiga, JP;
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Moriguchi, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides an audio player wearable around the neck which comprises vertical direction recognition sensorfor recognizing hanging state wherein a casingis hung from the neck using a neck strapand holding state wherein the casingis turned upside down from said hanging state and is held in the hand, and a control circuitfor change-over-controlling the presentation state of the displayin accordance with the recognition result obtained by the vertical direction recognition sensor. This can avoid the problem when the display is turned upside down between the hanging state and the holding state of the casing.