US 11,991,430 B2
Wearable apparatus
Ichiro Nazuka, Taito-ku (JP); and Takashi Ogino, Taito-ku (JP)
Assigned to TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jul. 26, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/443,394.
Application 17/443,394 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2020/002576, filed on Jan. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0352194 A1, Nov. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04R 1/02 (2006.01); H04R 1/08 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 23/54 (2023.01) [H04R 1/02 (2013.01); H04R 1/08 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wearable apparatus, comprising:
a body having a U-shape, a curved portion, a first side portion, and a second side portion, the curved portion having a first end and a second end, the first side portion extending from the first end of the curved portion, and the second side portion extending from the second end of the curved portion, the body being configured to be wearable such that the curved portion is worn on a nape of a neck of a user, and that the first side portion and the second side portion are suspended from shoulders of the user,
wherein the body has a first end that is an end of the first side portion, and a second end that is an end of the second side portion, the body is configured such that a terminal device having an image capture function and a communication function is mountable to at least one of the first end of the first side portion and the second end of the second side portion, and one of the first side portion and the second side portion, having the one of the first end of the first side portion and the second end of the second side portion to which the terminal device is not to be mounted, includes a housing configured to house a battery providing electric power to the terminal device.