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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2013
Sony Mobile Communications, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Tachibana, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Shiina, Kanagawa, JP;
Tetsuya Naruse, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuichi Shirai, Tokyo, JP;
Chikashi Yajima, Kanagawa, JP;
Susumu Takatsuka, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus that detects an output from a 3-axis acceleration sensor included in an earphone unit worn by a user while the user is in a still state; monitors the output of the 3-axis acceleration sensor while a nodding gesture is performed by the user; detects a time when an angle of the nodding gesture reaches a maximum; and determines an earphone wearing state based on the output from the 3-axis acceleration sensor in the still state and the output from the 3-axis acceleration sensor at the time of detecting the maximum nodding angle.