Sony Mobile releases smart ear plug www3.nhk.or.jp
Sony Mobile Communications has developed a wireless ear-piece for hands-free smartphone control.
The device allows a user to control his or her smartphone by talking to it or nodding, without looking at or touching the display.
Worn like an ear-plug, the device has a built-in microphone for verbal instructions using the wireless function. It can also read out messages received.
If you want to reply, you can let it know by talking to it or nodding. If you do not want to speak, you can just shake your head. It reacts to your head movements with its sensor.
You can also search geographical or other information without taking out your smartphone from your bag or pocket.
Sony Mobile officials say they will market it next month.
One of the officials Hirohito Kondo says smartphones are handy but users must keep on watching and touching the display all the time. He says he hopes the ear device will reduce the burden on users and allow them to engage more with the outside world by controlling the smartphone through their voice or head movements.
Published Date:2016-10-07