JP2016200853A - Electronic apparatus, information processing method, information processing system, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electronic apparatus, an information processing method, an information processing system, and a program that can give an operation instruction to a second electronic apparatus connected by radio communication with a first electronic apparatus by performing tap operation to the first electronic apparatus.SOLUTION: An electronic apparatus 100 includes: a sensor 110 for detecting tap operation by a user; a processing unit 120; and a radio communication unit 130 for wirelessly communicating with an external electronic apparatus 200. If it is determined that tap operation has been performed on the basis of a signal from the sensor 110, the processing unit 120 requests the radio communication unit 130 to transmit tap detection notification information to have the external electronic apparatus 200 perform prescribed processing. Then, the radio communication unit 130 transmits the tap detection notification information to the external electronic apparatus 200 on the basis of the transmission request.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to an electronic device, an information processing method, an information processing system, a program, and the like.

  There are various types of interfaces for the user to input to the electronic device. For example, an operation unit having keys and buttons may be used, or a touch panel that also serves as a display unit may be used. A technique using a tap operation (tap operation) as another input interface is also widely known. Here, the tap operation is an operation in which the user strikes the electronic device using his / her hand or the like, and in a broad sense, an operation that gives an impact to the electronic device. The tap operation represents an operation input by the tap operation.

  The tap operation is a useful user interface in an electronic device where input devices such as buttons are limited. For example, a wristwatch-type electronic device is required to be small and light, or a simple configuration is required to realize an interface that is easy for the user to understand. For example, as an invention related to the tap operation, there is an invention disclosed in Patent Document 1.

JP2015-46009A

  In recent years, many electronic devices can be connected to other electronic devices by wireless communication. Further, as described above, there are already electronic devices that employ a tap operation as an input interface.

  However, these electronic devices only employ a tap operation to operate the electronic device itself. Therefore, for example, by performing a tap operation on one electronic device, the other electronic device connected by wireless communication cannot be operated.

  According to some aspects of the present invention, by performing a tap operation on the first electronic device, an operation instruction can be given to the second electronic device wirelessly connected to the first electronic device. An electronic device, an information processing method, an information processing system, a program, and the like can be provided.

  One embodiment of the present invention includes a sensor that detects a tap operation of a user, a processing unit, and a wireless communication unit that performs wireless communication with an external electronic device, and the processing unit is based on a signal from the sensor. When it is determined that the tap operation has been performed, the wireless communication unit is requested to transmit tap detection notification information for causing the external electronic device to execute a given process, and the wireless communication unit The unit relates to an electronic device that transmits the tap detection notification information to the external electronic device based on the transmission request.

  In one embodiment of the present invention, when it is determined that a tap operation has been performed based on a signal from a sensor, tap detection notification information for causing an external electronic device to execute a given process is transmitted to the external electronic device. Send. Then, the external electronic device receives the transmitted tap detection notification information, and performs a given process associated with the received tap detection notification information.

  Therefore, by performing a tap operation on the first electronic device, an operation instruction can be given to the second electronic device wirelessly connected to the first electronic device.

  In the aspect of the invention, the wireless communication unit may include a packet including information for notifying the external electronic device that the tap operation has been performed when the transmission request is performed. You may transmit as said tap detection notification information.

  Thereby, it becomes possible to transmit the tap detection notification information from the first electronic device to the second electronic device by packet communication.

  In the aspect of the invention, the wireless communication unit may transmit the packet corresponding to the single tap operation when the single tap operation is performed.

  Thereby, it is possible to change the association between the number of tap operations and the processing executed by the processing unit of the second electronic device without changing the transmission / reception method of the tap detection notification information.

  In the aspect of the invention, the packet may include tap interval specifying information for specifying a tap interval from the previous tap operation to the current tap operation.

  Thereby, the processing unit of the second electronic device can specify the tap interval from the previous tap operation to the current tap operation, and the like.

  Moreover, in one aspect of the present invention, a time measuring unit that measures time may be included, and the tap interval specifying information may include time stamp information that represents the tap operation detection timing obtained by the time measuring unit.

  As a result, the tap interval can be obtained by obtaining the difference between the time of the previous time stamp information and the time of the current time stamp information.

  In the aspect of the invention, the tap detection notification information may be associated with the given process to be executed by the external electronic device.

  As a result, the user can change a given process to be executed by the second electronic device by changing the tap operation.

  In one embodiment of the present invention, when the first tap operation is detected as the tap operation, the processing unit performs a first process on the external electronic device with respect to the wireless communication unit. If a second tap operation different from the first tap operation is detected as the tap operation, a transmission request for the first tap detection notification information for execution is performed. A request for transmission of second tap detection notification information for causing the external electronic device to execute a second process different from the first process may be made.

  As a result, by changing the tap operation on the first electronic device, it is possible to change the processing to be executed by the second electronic device.

  In the aspect of the invention, the second tap operation may be the tap operation having a different number of taps from the first tap operation.

  Thereby, by changing the number of taps, it is possible to change the processing to be executed by the second electronic device.

  In the aspect of the invention, when the tap operation for tap detection notification information is detected, the processing unit makes the transmission request for the tap detection notification information to the wireless communication unit. When the tap operation different from the tap operation for the tap detection notification information is detected, an internal process may be performed.

  As a result, when the user changes the tap operation, the first electronic device can give an instruction to execute internal processing, the second electronic device can give an instruction to execute a given process, etc. It becomes possible.

  In the aspect of the invention, the tap operation for the tap detection notification information may have a larger number of taps than the tap operation different from the tap operation for the tap detection notification information.

  As a result, it is possible to cause the first electronic device to perform internal processing with a smaller number of taps than the number of taps that causes the second electronic device to perform a given process.

  In one aspect of the present invention, the wireless communication unit may transmit the tap detection notification information to the external electronic device by proximity wireless communication with a characteristic having an acknowledged read property. Good.

  As a result, the first electronic device can confirm that the second electronic device has received the tap detection notification information.

  According to another aspect of the present invention, a user's tap operation is detected by a sensor of the first electronic device, and when it is determined that the tap operation has been performed, a given process is performed on the second electronic device. The present invention relates to an information processing method for performing a transmission request for tap detection notification information for execution, and transmitting the tap detection notification information from the first electronic device to the second electronic device based on the transmission request.

  According to another aspect of the present invention, a user's tap operation is detected by a sensor of the first electronic device, and when it is determined that the tap operation has been performed, a given process is performed on the second electronic device. A request for transmitting tap detection notification information for execution is performed, and the tap detection notification information is transmitted from the first electronic device to the second electronic device based on the transmission request, and the transmitted tap detection is transmitted. The present invention relates to an information processing method for causing the second electronic device to perform the given process associated with the notification information.

  Moreover, the other aspect of this invention may determine the tap space | interval based on the said tap detection notification information, and may determine the process performed based on the determined said tap space | interval.

  Another aspect of the present invention includes a first electronic device and a second electronic device that performs wireless communication with the first electronic device, and the first electronic device is operated by a user's tap operation. And when it is determined that the tap operation has been performed, a transmission request for tap detection notification information for causing the second electronic device to execute a given process is performed, and based on the transmission request, The tap detection notification information is transmitted to the second electronic device, and the second electronic device is related to an information processing system that performs the given process associated with the received tap detection notification information.

  Another aspect of the present invention relates to a program that causes a computer to function as each of the above-described units.

The system configuration example of this embodiment. 2A and 2B are explanatory diagrams of tap detection notification information. 3A and 3B are explanatory diagrams of notification timing of tap detection notification information. Explanatory drawing of the correspondence of the frequency | count of a tap and the process to perform. The sequence diagram explaining the flow of a process of this embodiment. The external view of a biological information measuring device. The other external view of a biological information measuring device.

  Hereinafter, this embodiment will be described. In addition, this embodiment demonstrated below does not unduly limit the content of this invention described in the claim. In addition, all the configurations described in the present embodiment are not necessarily essential configuration requirements of the present invention.

1. System Configuration Example As described above, an electronic device that employs a tap operation as an input interface only employs a tap operation to operate the electronic device itself.

  Many electronic devices can be connected to other electronic devices by wireless communication. However, by performing a tap operation on one electronic device, the other electronic device connected by wireless communication cannot be operated.

  Therefore, in the present embodiment, by performing a tap operation on the first electronic device, an operation instruction can be given to the second electronic device wirelessly connected to the first electronic device.

  Specifically, FIG. 1 shows a configuration example of an electronic device of the present embodiment and an information processing system including the electronic device.

  The information processing system according to the present embodiment includes a first electronic device 100 and a second electronic device 200 that performs wireless communication with the first electronic device 100.

  The first electronic device 100 of the present embodiment wirelessly communicates with a sensor 110 for detecting a user's tap operation, a processing unit 120, and an external electronic device 200 (hereinafter, the second electronic device 200). And a wireless communication unit 130 for performing Examples of the first electronic device 100 include a wrist sensor device (biological information measuring device) and a portable information terminal. The external configuration of the first electronic device 100 will be described later.

  The second electronic device 200 includes a processing unit 210 and a wireless communication unit 220 that performs wireless communication with the first electronic device 100. Examples of the second electronic device 200 include a portable information terminal such as a smartphone. Note that the first electronic device 100, the second electronic device 200, and the information processing system including these are not limited to the configuration in FIG. 1, and some of these components may be omitted or other components may be omitted. Various modifications such as addition are possible.

  Then, the first electronic device 100 detects the user's tap operation, and when it is determined that the tap operation has been performed, the tap detection notification information for causing the second electronic device 200 to execute a given process. And the tap detection notification information is transmitted to the second electronic device 200 based on the transmission request.

  On the other hand, the second electronic device 200 performs a given process associated with the received tap detection notification information.

  Next, processing performed in each unit of the first electronic device 100 will be described.

  The sensor 110 detects a user's tap operation. As the sensor 110 (body motion sensor), a motion sensor (acceleration sensor), a pressure sensor (contact pressure sensor), or the like is used. Further, as the body motion sensor, a plurality of types of sensors may be provided, or a configuration including one type of sensor may be used. The motion sensor is, for example, an acceleration sensor. The acceleration sensor is composed of an element whose resistance value is increased or decreased by an external force, for example, and detects triaxial acceleration information. The pressure sensor is, for example, a contact pressure sensor. The contact pressure sensor may be one that directly contacts the subject and measures the contact pressure, or may indirectly measure the contact pressure using a cuff structure or the like. That is, a piezoelectric element may be used, or an atmospheric pressure sensor or the like may be used.

  Here, the tap operation is an operation input by a tap operation on the first electronic device 100 as described above. A tap operation is an operation in which a user taps, flicks, swipes, scrolls, pinches in, pinches out, shakes, etc. with his / her hand etc. This is an operation that gives an impact (stimulation).

  Next, when it is determined that a tap operation has been performed based on a signal (stimulation signal) from the sensor 110, the processing unit 120 gives the wireless communication unit 130 a given value to the second electronic device 200. A request for transmission of tap detection notification information for executing processing is made.

  Here, the signal acquired from the sensor 110 by the processing unit 120 may be, for example, an interrupt signal notifying that a tap operation has been detected, or the detected acceleration signal itself.

  The tap detection notification information is information indicating that a tap operation has been performed on the first electronic device 100. For example, FIG. 2A shows an example of tap detection notification information. The information shown in FIG. 2A indicates that a tap operation has been performed when the value is 1, and is transmitted in a packet to be described later. Specific examples of other tap detection notification information will be described later.

  Then, the wireless communication unit 130 transmits tap detection notification information to the second electronic device 200 based on the transmission request. The functions of the processing unit 120 and the wireless communication unit 130 can be realized by hardware such as various processors (CPU, GPU, etc.), ASIC (gate array, etc.), a program, and the like. Further, as will be described later, the wireless communication unit 130 (220) may be able to perform BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy, abbreviated as BLE, Bluetooth is a registered trademark) communication.

  On the other hand, the wireless communication unit 220 of the second electronic device 200 receives the tap detection notification information transmitted from the wireless communication unit 130 of the first electronic device 100. Then, the processing unit 210 of the second electronic device 200 performs a given process associated with the tap detection notification information.

  As described above, by performing a tap operation on the first electronic device, an operation instruction can be given to the second electronic device wirelessly connected to the first electronic device.

  A specific example will be described here. For example, in this example, it is assumed that the first electronic device 100 is a wrist-type measuring device worn by an inpatient on the arm, and the second electronic device 200 is a nurse call receiving device. Then, when the inpatient wants to call the nurse, the tap operation is performed on the wrist type measuring apparatus. Then, the tap detection notification information is transmitted from the list type measuring device to the nurse call receiving device. Then, the nurse call receiving device performs a process of sounding the nurse call as the given process described above. Thus, if the first electronic device 100 is a wrist-type measuring device, unlike the conventional nurse call, a nurse call can be made regardless of the current position of the inpatient.

2. Details of Processing Next, the method of the present embodiment will be described.

  The tap detection notification information described above is associated with a given process to be executed by the second electronic device 200. For example, when the second electronic device 200 receives a given number of tap detection notification information, when the second electronic device 200 executes a given process or receives tap detection notification information of a certain tap pattern, Execute the process.

  Accordingly, it is possible to change a given process to be executed by the second electronic device 200 by changing the tap operation by the user.

  In addition, when the first tap operation is detected as the tap operation, the processing unit 120 causes the wireless communication unit 130 to execute a first process on the second electronic device 200. When a transmission request for the tap detection notification information is made and a second tap operation different from the first tap operation is detected as the tap operation, the first electronic device 200 is notified to the second electronic device 200 with respect to the wireless communication unit 130. The transmission request of the 2nd tap detection notification information for performing the 2nd process different from this process is performed.

  Then, when the wireless communication unit 130 acquires the transmission request for the first tap detection notification information, the wireless communication unit 130 transmits the first tap detection notification information to the second electronic device 200, and the second tap detection notification information When the transmission request is acquired, the second tap detection notification information is transmitted to the second electronic device 200.

  Furthermore, when the processing unit 210 of the second electronic device 200 determines that the wireless communication unit 220 of the second electronic device 200 has received the first tap detection notification information, the processing unit 210 performs a first process, When it is determined that the wireless communication unit 220 has received the second tap detection notification information, a second process is performed.

  As a result, by changing the tap operation on the first electronic device 100, it is possible to change the processing to be executed by the second electronic device 200.

  Further, the second tap operation is a tap operation having a different number of taps from the first tap operation. For example, in the example of FIG. 4 to be described later, the first tap operation is one tap operation among four consecutive tap operations, and the first process is the process C. The second tap operation is one tap operation out of five consecutive tap operations, and the second process is a process D.

  Thereby, by changing the number of taps, it is possible to change a process to be executed by the second electronic device 200.

  In addition, the wireless communication unit 130 of the first electronic device 100 described above includes a packet including information for notifying the second electronic device 200 that a tap operation has been performed when a transmission request is made. Is transmitted as tap detection notification information.

  Thereby, it becomes possible to transmit the tap detection notification information from the first electronic device 100 to the second electronic device 200 by packet communication.

  Then, when a single tap operation is performed, the wireless communication unit 130 transmits a packet corresponding to the single tap operation. However, the present embodiment is not limited to this, and after detecting a predetermined number of tap operations, a predetermined number of tap detection notification information is transmitted from the first electronic device 100 to the second electronic device 200. Also good.

  For example, a case where the second electronic device 200 performs a given process by performing five tap operations will be described with reference to FIGS. 3A and 3B. 3A and 3B simply show the operations of the first electronic device 100 and the second electronic device 200 with the horizontal axis as a time axis t.

  In the present embodiment, the user performs five tap operations (T1 to T5) on the first electronic device 100. As shown in FIG. 3A, the user performs one tap operation after each tap operation. Send tap detection notification information. That is, in this example, after detecting the tap T1, the tap detection notification information TX1 of the tap T1 is transmitted, and after detecting the tap T2, the tap detection notification information TX2 of the tap T2 is transmitted. Similarly, tap detection notification information is transmitted from the first electronic device 100 to the second electronic device 200 a total of five times as indicated by TX1 to TX5.

  Accordingly, it is possible to change the association between the number of tap operations and the processing executed by the processing unit 210 of the second electronic device 200 without changing the transmission / reception method of the tap detection notification information.

  For example, it is assumed that the second electronic device 200 is determined to perform the process A when the number of taps is five and to perform the process B when the number of taps is three. In this case, it may be necessary to change the specification so that the process A is performed when the number of taps is four and the process B is performed when the number of taps is two.

  When the tap detection notification information is sequentially transmitted every time a tap is detected as in this embodiment, it is necessary to change the operation of the first electronic device 100 even if the specification is changed as described above. Absent. Only the operation of the processing unit 210 of the second electronic device 100 may be changed so that the process A is performed when the number of taps is four and the process B is performed when the number of taps is two. Therefore, it is possible to flexibly cope with specification changes and the like.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 3B, after five tap operations (T1 to T5), tap detection notification information TX for five times is collected and transferred from the first electronic device 100 to the second electronic device 200. May be transmitted. As described above, when the tap detection notification information TX is transmitted together, power consumption can be suppressed because the number of times of wireless communication is small.

  For example, the packet includes tap interval specifying information for specifying the tap interval from the previous tap operation to the current tap operation.

  Thereby, the processing unit 210 of the second electronic device 200 can specify the tap interval from the previous tap operation to the current tap operation, and the like. Then, it is possible to change the process to be executed based on the tap interval.

  Specifically, in that case, the first electronic device 100 of the present embodiment includes a timer unit 140 that measures time, as shown in FIG.

  And tap space | interval specific information contains the time stamp information showing the tap operation detection timing calculated | required by the time measuring part 140, as shown to FIG. 2 (B). The time stamp information illustrated in FIG. 2B is time information when a tap operation is performed.

  As a result, the tap interval can be obtained by obtaining the difference between the time of the previous time stamp information and the time of the current time stamp information.

  So far, the example in which the tap operation is performed on the first electronic device 100 and the second electronic device 200 performs a given process corresponding to the tap operation has been described. In some cases, the processing unit 120 of the device 100 may perform processing corresponding to the tap operation.

  In this case, when the tap operation for tap detection notification information is detected, the processing unit 120 requests the wireless communication unit 130 to transmit tap detection notification information. Then, when a transmission request for tap detection notification information is made, the wireless communication unit 130 transmits the tap detection notification information to the second electronic device 200, and the processing unit 210 of the second electronic device 200 receives the reception. A given process corresponding to the detected tap detection notification information is executed.

  On the other hand, the processing unit 120 performs internal processing when a tap operation different from the tap operation for tap detection notification information is detected. Specifically, the tap operation different from the tap operation for tap detection notification information is a tap operation for causing the first electronic device 100 to perform internal processing.

  Further, the internal process is a process completed within the first electronic device 100. For example, the internal processing is performed from a timing unit such as a lighting process of a display unit (not shown) or a backlight lighting process of the first electronic device 100, a screen transition of the display unit, an on / off control of an acquisition process such as biological information, or time measurement. For example, the control of timing processing using the above signal.

  Thus, when the user changes the tap operation, the first electronic device 100 is instructed to execute internal processing, or the second electronic device 200 is instructed to execute a given process. Etc. becomes possible.

  Also, the tap operation for tap detection notification information has a larger number of taps than the tap operation different from the tap operation for tap detection notification information. Since it is expected that there are more opportunities for the first electronic device 100 to perform internal processing, the number of taps for performing the internal processing is small, and the second electronic device 200 performs a given process. Increase the number of taps.

  As a result, it is possible to cause the first electronic device 100 to perform internal processing with a smaller number of taps than the number of taps that cause the second electronic device 200 to perform a given process. Further, by increasing the number of taps, unnecessary power consumption can be suppressed by communication with the second electronic device 200 due to an erroneous operation.

  For example, an example of the correspondence between the number of taps and the process to be executed is shown in FIG. In the example of FIG. 4, when the number of taps is one, neither the first electronic device 100 nor the second electronic device 200 performs any processing. However, as described above, the tap detection notification information is transmitted from the first electronic device 100 to the second electronic device 200 even when the process is not performed. Then, when the number of taps is 2, the first electronic device 100 executes the internal process A, and when the number of taps is 3, the first electronic device 100 executes the internal process B. To do. Furthermore, when the number of taps is 4, the second electronic device 200 executes the process C, and when the number of taps is 5, the second electronic device 200 executes the internal process D. . However, the present embodiment is not limited to this correspondence relationship, and the number of taps can be arbitrarily associated with the process to be executed. Further, the association may be performed more finely by the tap interval described above.

  In the present embodiment, information is transmitted / received from the first electronic device 100 to the second electronic device 200 using, for example, BLE communication as proximity wireless communication. BLE is a communication method that is superior in power saving performance to conventional proximity wireless communication.

  More specifically, the wireless communication unit 130 transmits the tap detection notification information to the second electronic device 200 through the proximity wireless communication with the characteristic given the property of the read with acknowledge.

  In BLE, a property (Property) is given to each characteristic (Characteristic). A property is a property that defines a type of a series of communication sequences when data is transmitted / received using the characteristic, and is roughly classified into a write and a read.

  A lead is a property given to a characteristic when a server (or host, in this example, the first electronic device 100) transmits data to a client (peripheral, in this example, the second electronic device 200). It is. Furthermore, the lead includes a read (Acknowledge: ACK) with a lead (or an Indicate) and a read without an acknowledge (or a Notification).

  Then, data is transmitted from the server to the client with the characteristic to which the read with acknowledge is given, and when the client receives the data normally, the acknowledge is returned from the client to the server with the same characteristic. .

  As a result, the first electronic device 100 can confirm that the second electronic device 200 has received the tap detection notification information.

3. Processing Flow Hereinafter, the processing flow of this embodiment will be described with reference to the sequence diagram of FIG.

  First, the user performs a tap operation on the first electronic device 100 (T101).

  Next, the sensor 110 of the first electronic device 100 acquires, for example, an acceleration signal as a stimulus signal, performs analysis, and determines whether a tap operation has been performed (T102). If it is determined that the tap operation has been performed, the processing unit 120 is notified of an interruption that the sensor 110 has detected the tap operation (T103).

  The processing unit 120 that has acquired the interrupt notification makes a current time acquisition request to the time measuring unit 140 in order to acquire the time when the tap operation is detected (T104). Then, the time measuring unit 140 notifies the processing unit 120 of the current time (T105).

  Thereafter, the processing unit 120 requests the wireless communication unit 130 to transmit tap detection notification information (T106). At this time, the wireless communication unit 130 is also notified of the tap detection notification information together with the transmission request. Note that the tap detection notification information includes time information acquired in T105.

  Then, the wireless communication unit 130 transmits the tap detection information acquired from the processing unit 120 to the wireless communication unit 220 of the second electronic device 200 (T107).

  Next, the wireless communication unit 220 of the second electronic device 200 notifies the received tap detection notification information (received data) to the processing unit 210 of the second electronic device 200 (T108). Although not shown in FIG. 5, an acknowledgment may be transmitted from the second electronic device 200 to the first electronic device 100 when the packet of the tap detection information can be normally received.

  Then, the processing unit 210 analyzes the received data (T109), and executes a given process based on the result of the analysis process (T110). Here, the analysis processing at T109 is processing for specifying, for example, the number of tap detections, the tap interval, the tap pattern, and the like.

  T101 to T109 illustrate the flow when a single tap operation is performed, and the processing of T101 to T109 is repeated each time the tap operation is performed. In T110, if there is no process corresponding to the current tap operation, no process is performed, and the corresponding process is executed only when the process corresponding to the current tap operation can be identified. The above is the processing flow of this embodiment.

4). External Configuration of Electronic Device Next, an external configuration when the first electronic device 100 is a wrist sensor device (biological information measuring device 1) will be described with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a state in which the biological information measuring device 1 according to the present embodiment is connected to the cradle CR. FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing the biological information measuring apparatus 1.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the biological information measuring apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment is connected to a power supply cradle CR and charged, and then attached to the user's wrist. And the biological information measuring device 1 detects a pulse wave as biological information, and measures a pulse rate. That is, the biological information measuring device 1 is a wearable device that can be worn on the human body.

  As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the biological information measuring apparatus 1 includes a case 2 that constitutes an exterior, and the case 2 includes a main body 21 and a pair of bands 22 and 23 that are integrally formed, respectively. And a buckle 24 (FIG. 7) attached to the bands 22 and 23.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the main body portion 21 is configured in a substantially arc shape in a side view according to a portion outside the wrist (a portion on the back side of the hand) on which the biological information measuring device 1 is mounted. As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the display portion 3 is provided on the front portion 21 </ b> A in the case 2. Although not shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the biological information detection unit is exposed on the back surface portion 21B opposite to the front surface portion 21A.

  The pair of bands 22 and 23 extend in opposite directions from one end and the other end in the longitudinal direction of the main body 21.

  The buckle 24 is a fixing member called a so-called D buckle that fixes the bands 22 and 23 when the biological information measuring apparatus 1 is attached to the wrist.

  As described above, the biological information measuring device 1 is one of the purposes for reducing the size and improving the design of the biological information measuring device 1, and the user performs a tap operation (the biological information measuring device with a hand or a finger). The case 2 is not provided with any operating means such as buttons. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and operation means such as a button or a touch panel that causes the biological information measuring apparatus 1 to execute predetermined processing may be provided in the case 2.

  In addition, the electronic device and the information processing system according to the present embodiment may realize part or most of the processing by a program. In this case, an electronic device, an information processing system, and the like according to the present embodiment are realized by a processor such as a CPU executing a program. Specifically, a program stored in a non-temporary information storage device is read, and a processor such as a CPU executes the read program. Here, an information storage device (device readable by a computer) stores programs, data, and the like, and functions as an optical disk (DVD, CD, etc.), HDD (hard disk drive), or memory (card type). It can be realized by memory, ROM, etc. A processor such as a CPU performs various processes according to the present embodiment based on a program (data) stored in the information storage device. That is, in the information storage device, a program for causing a computer (an apparatus including an operation unit, a processing unit, a storage unit, and an output unit) to function as each unit of the present embodiment (a program for causing a computer to execute the processing of each unit). Is memorized.

  In addition, the electronic device, the information processing system, and the like according to this embodiment may include a processor and a memory. The processor here may be, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit). However, the processor is not limited to the CPU, and various processors such as a GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) or a DSP (Digital Signal Processor) can be used. The processor may be a hardware circuit based on ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit). The memory stores instructions that can be read by a computer. When the instructions are executed by the processor, each unit of the image processing apparatus according to the present embodiment is realized. The memory here may be a semiconductor memory such as an SRAM (Static Random Access Memory) or a DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory), or may be a register or a hard disk. In addition, the instruction here may be an instruction of an instruction set constituting the program, or an instruction for instructing an operation to the hardware circuit of the processor.

  Although the present embodiment has been described in detail as described above, it will be easily understood by those skilled in the art that many modifications can be made without departing from the novel matters and effects of the present invention. Accordingly, all such modifications are intended to be included in the scope of the present invention. For example, a term described at least once together with a different term having a broader meaning or the same meaning in the specification or the drawings can be replaced with the different term in any part of the specification or the drawings. The configurations and operations of the electronic device, the information processing system, and the program are not limited to those described in the present embodiment, and various modifications can be made.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Biological information measuring device, 3 Display part, 21 Main body part, 21A Front part, 21B Back surface part,
22 bands, 24 buckles, 100 electronic devices (first electronic devices), 110 sensors,
120 processing units, 130 wireless communication units, 140 timing units,
200 Second electronic device (external electronic device), 210 processing unit, 220 wireless communication unit

Claims (16)

A sensor that detects the user ’s tapping,
A processing unit;
A wireless communication unit that performs wireless communication with an external electronic device;
Including
The processor is
When it is determined that the tap operation has been performed based on a signal from the sensor, transmission of tap detection notification information for causing the external electronic device to perform a given process to the wireless communication unit Make a request,
The wireless communication unit
The electronic device, wherein the tap detection notification information is transmitted to the external electronic device based on the transmission request. In claim 1,
The wireless communication unit
An electronic device characterized in that, when the transmission request is made, a packet including information for notifying the external electronic device that the tap operation has been performed is transmitted as the tap detection notification information. . In claim 2,
The wireless communication unit
An electronic apparatus that transmits the packet corresponding to the one tap operation when the one tap operation is performed. In claim 3,
The packet is
An electronic device comprising tap interval specifying information for specifying a tap interval from the previous tap operation to the current tap operation. In claim 4,
Including a timekeeping section that measures time,
The tap interval specifying information is
An electronic device comprising time stamp information indicating a tap operation detection timing obtained by the time measuring unit. In any one of Claims 1 thru | or 5,
The tap detection notification information is
An electronic device characterized by being associated with the given process to be executed by the external electronic device. In any one of Claims 1 thru | or 6.
The processor is
When a first tap operation is detected as the tap operation, the wireless communication unit is requested to transmit first tap detection notification information for causing the external electronic device to execute a first process. And
When a second tap operation different from the first tap operation is detected as the tap operation, a second process different from the first process is performed on the external electronic device with respect to the wireless communication unit. An electronic device that makes a transmission request for second tap detection notification information for executing In claim 7,
The second tap operation is
The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the tap operation is different from the first tap operation. In any one of Claims 1 thru | or 6.
The processor is
When the tap operation for tap detection notification information is detected, the wireless communication unit is requested to transmit the tap detection notification information,
An electronic device that performs internal processing when a tap operation different from the tap operation for the tap detection notification information is detected. In claim 9,
The tap operation for the tap detection notification information is:
An electronic device having a larger number of taps than the tap operation different from the tap operation for the tap detection notification information. In any one of Claims 1 thru | or 10.
The wireless communication unit
An electronic device, wherein the tap detection notification information is transmitted to the external electronic device by a proximity wireless communication with a characteristic having an acknowledged read property. The first electronic device sensor detects the user's tap operation,
When it is determined that the tap operation has been performed, a transmission request for tap detection notification information for causing the second electronic device to execute a given process is performed.
An information processing method comprising transmitting the tap detection notification information from the first electronic device to the second electronic device based on the transmission request. The first electronic device sensor detects the user's tap operation,
When it is determined that the tap operation has been performed, a transmission request for tap detection notification information for causing the second electronic device to execute a given process is performed.
Based on the transmission request, the tap detection notification information is transmitted from the first electronic device to the second electronic device,
An information processing method characterized by causing the second electronic device to perform the given process associated with the transmitted tap detection notification information. In claim 13,
An information processing method comprising: determining a tap interval based on the tap detection notification information; and determining a process to be executed based on the determined tap interval. A first electronic device;
A second electronic device that performs wireless communication with the first electronic device;
Including
The first electronic device includes:
Detects user tapping,
When it is determined that the tap operation has been performed, a transmission request for tap detection notification information for causing the second electronic device to execute a given process is performed,
Based on the transmission request, the tap detection notification information is transmitted to the second electronic device,
The second electronic device is
An information processing system that performs the given process associated with the received tap detection notification information. A sensor for detecting a user's tap operation,
A processing unit;
As a wireless communication unit that performs wireless communication with external electronic devices,
Make the computer work,
The processor is
When it is determined that the tap operation has been performed based on a signal from the sensor, transmission of tap detection notification information for causing the external electronic device to perform a given process to the wireless communication unit Make a request,
The wireless communication unit
A program that transmits the tap detection notification information to the external electronic device based on the transmission request.

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