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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2010
Kazuhiro Taniguchi, Suita, JP;
Atsushi Nishikawa, Suita, JP;
Fumio Miyazaki, Suita, JP;
Asako Kokubo, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiro Taniguchi, Suita, JP;
Atsushi Nishikawa, Suita, JP;
Fumio Miyazaki, Suita, JP;
Asako Kokubo, Tokyo, JP;
ERCC Co., Ltd., Hiroshima, JP;
Abstract
A low-cost input device suitable for a wearable computer is provided. An input method suitable for operating a wearable computer is provided. A wearable computer including the input device is provided. An input devicefor outputting a control command γ to an external output deviceincludes a sensorconfigured to be worn in or on a natural orifice of the body and sense a change in a shape of the natural orifice, and a controllerconfigured to control the external output devicebased on a sensor signal α from the sensor. Here, the change in the shape of the natural orifice is caused by a predetermined action which is performed by a user wearing the sensorwith the intention of operating the external output device