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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2008
Akane Sano, Tokyo, JP;
Masaaki Tsuruta, Tokyo, JP;
Nozomu Ozaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Masamichi Asukai, Kanagawa, JP;
Taiji Ito, Kanagawa, JP;
Akinobu Sugino, Kanagawa, JP;
Hidehiko Sekizawa, Tokyo, JP;
Yoichiro Sako, Tokyo, JP;
Akane Sano, Tokyo, JP;
Masaaki Tsuruta, Tokyo, JP;
Nozomu Ozaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Masamichi Asukai, Kanagawa, JP;
Taiji Ito, Kanagawa, JP;
Akinobu Sugino, Kanagawa, JP;
Hidehiko Sekizawa, Tokyo, JP;
Yoichiro Sako, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A wearable device is provided that is used while being worn on a body of a user. The wearable device includes a biometric-information authentication portion that acquires biometric information from the user for biometric authentication. The wearable device acquires biometric information from a portion in contact with or in the vicinity of the user's body to perform the biometric authentication without requesting the user to operate for the biometric authentication.