Devices and programs

Abstract

The content displayed by the device can be changed without requiring complicated operations from the user. [Solution] The device comprises a member that is given a design to differentiate the design of the equipment to which the device is attached, and an output means that outputs predetermined information to the equipment, and the member and the predetermined information are combined in such a way that a user who perceives the content of the notification output made by the equipment using the predetermined information and the design of the equipment when the device is attached to the equipment will perceive a sense of unity between the content of the notification output and the design.

Claims

1. A device (hereinafter also referred to as "this device") that has a function to provide notification using different characters depending on the type of the attached member, The device includes a function to determine whether another device, which is a separate device from this device that provides notifications using the same character as the aforementioned predetermined character, is being used simultaneously with this device. The device has a function that differentiates the information output based on two criteria: the type of component to which the aforementioned design is applied, and whether or not a separate device, which is a different device from this device that provides notification using the same character as the predetermined character, is being used simultaneously with this device. A device characterized by the following.

2. A program for a computer to implement the functions of the apparatus described in claim 1.

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