Patent ID: 11877871
Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 4:
5. A method of supporting prevention of an infectious disease performed by a device including a processor, the method comprising:
detecting, by the processor, a motion of a forearm or a wrist by a user,
determining, by the processor, based on the motion detected for a predetermined period of time, a direction of the motion of the forearm or the wrist of the user, before the user brings the hand of the user in proximity to a mucosa of a face of the user,
first determining, by the processor, that the hand of the user is in proximity to the mucosa of the face of the user based on the motion detected for a predetermined period of time,
second determining, by the processor, that the hand of the user is in proximity to the mucosa of the face of the user with intent to touch the mucosa with the hand of the user when the direction of the forearm or the wrist determined immediately before determining that the hand of the user is in proximity to the mucosa of the face of the user is in vertically downward or a pronation direction, and
generating, by the processor, a warning to suppress the proximity when the processor determines that the hand of the user is in proximity to the mucosa.