Mobile electronic device, display control method, and non-transitory storage medium

• US 10,075,580 B2
• Filed: 10/28/2014
• Issued: 09/11/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: Ueno, Yasuhiro, Tanabe, Shigeki, Morita, Hideki, Masuike, Isao
• Primary Examiner(s): Yang, James
• Application Number:
  US15/115,250
• Publication Number:
  US 20170019523A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,414 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 19/00 Gyroscopes; Turn-sensitive devices using vibrating masses; Turn-sensitive devices without moving masses; Measuring angular rate using gyroscopic effects
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/1652 with ranging devices, e.g. LIDAR or RADAR
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/1656 with passive imaging devices, e.g. cameras
• CPC Class Codes: G01P 15/00 Measuring acceleration; Measuring deceleration; Measuring shock, i.e. sudden change of acceleration
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/20 Movements or behaviour, e.g. gesture recognition recognition of facial expressions G06V40/16
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72451 according to schedules, e.g. using calendar applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041

Abstract

In one aspect of the present invention, a mobile electronic device determines, when it is in a sleep state, a moving state of the mobile electronic device based on detection results of an acceleration sensor, a direction sensor, and a gyroscope. For example, the mobile electronic device determines whether a user is moving in a train, is moving on foot, or is moving in a car. The mobile electronic device displays information corresponding to the moving state (for example, in a train or a car, or on foot) on the display when returning from the sleep state to light up the display again.

Claims

1. A mobile electronic device, comprising:

a display configured to

display information, and

turn off in a sleep state; and

a controller configured to

determine a moving state during the sleep state,

based on the moving state determined during the sleep state before the display is lit up, decide information to be displayed when the sleep state is released and the display is lit up,

in response to detection of a first gesture during the sleep state, acquire the decided information to be displayed up to detection of a second gesture, without releasing the sleep state, and

in response to the detection of the second gesture during the sleep state and after the detection of the first gesture, release the sleep state and display the acquired information on the display.

2. The mobile electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising:

an acquiring module configured to acquire position information, wherein

the controller is configured to decide, during the sleep state, the information to be displayed on the display based on the moving state and the position information acquired during the sleep state.

3. The mobile electronic device according to claim 1, wherein

the controller is configured to decide, during the sleep state, the information to be displayed on the display based on transition of the moving state acquired during the sleep state.

4. The mobile electronic device according to claim 1, wherein

in response to no detection of the second gesture during the sleep state and after the detection of the first gesture, the controller is configured to keep the sleep state and delete the acquired information.

5. The mobile electronic device according to claim 4, wherein

the controller is configured to determine, still during the sleep state, the moving state once again after deleting the acquired information.

6. The mobile electronic device according to claim 5, wherein

the controller is configured to start determining the moving state in response to transition to the sleep state.

7. The mobile electronic device according to claim 6, wherein

the controller is configured to determine the moving state as at least one of

a state in which a user carrying the mobile electronic device is moving on foot,

a state in which the user is moving by a train, and

a state in which the user is moving by a car.

8. The mobile electronic device according to claim 1, wherein

the information to be displayed, which is decided during the sleep mode based on the moving state determined during the sleep state, was not displayed on the display before the mobile electronic device transited into the sleep state.

9. The mobile electronic device according to claim 8, wherein

the moving state corresponds to a state in which a user carrying the mobile electronic device is moving by a train, and

the information to be displayed, which was not displayed on the display before the mobile electronic device transited into the sleep state, includes information for guiding the user carrying the mobile electronic device when the user exits the train.

10. The mobile electronic device according to claim 8, wherein

the information to be displayed, which was not displayed on the display before the mobile electronic device transited into the sleep state, includes a map of an area at a location corresponding to a scheduled event in the mobile electronic device.

11. The mobile electronic device according to claim 8, wherein

the information to be displayed, which was not displayed on the display before the mobile electronic device transited into the sleep state, includes information corresponding to a scheduled event in the mobile electronic device.

12. The mobile electronic device according to claim 8, wherein

the moving state corresponds to a state in which a user carrying the mobile electronic device is moving by a car, and

the information to be displayed, which was not displayed on the display before the mobile electronic device transited into the sleep state, includes traffic information related to the movement of the car.

13. The mobile electronic device according to claim 8, wherein

the information to be displayed, which was not displayed on the display before the mobile electronic device transited into the sleep state, includes at least one of

a map of an area at a current location of a user carrying the mobile electronic device,

weather information for the area at the current location of the user, and

calorie consumption by the user up to a current time.

14. A display control method executed by a mobile electronic device having a display which is turned off in a sleep state, the display control method comprising:

determining a moving state during the sleep state;

based on the moving state determined during the sleep state before the display is lit up, deciding information to be displayed when the sleep state is released and the display is lit up;

in response to detection of a first gesture during the sleep state, acquiring the decided information to be displayed up to detection of a second gesture, without releasing the sleep state; and

in response to the detection of the second gesture during the sleep state and after the detection of the first gesture, releasing the sleep state and displaying the acquired information on the display.

15. A non-transitory storage medium having a display control program for causing a mobile electronic device having a display, which is turned off in a sleep state, to execute:

determining a moving state during the sleep state;

based on the moving state determined during the sleep state before the display is lit up, deciding information to be displayed when the sleep state is released and the display is lit up;

in response to detection of a first gesture during the sleep state, acquiring the decided information to be displayed up to detection of a second gesture, without releasing the sleep state; and

in response to the detection of the second gesture during the sleep state and after the detection of the first gesture, releasing the sleep state and displaying the acquired information on the display.