Electronic device capable of operating on demonstration mode and normal mode

• US 10,325,630 B2
• Filed: 03/07/2018
• Issued: 06/18/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/07/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ONKYO Corporation (Onkyo Home Entertainment Corp.)
• Original Assignee: ONKYO Corporation (Onkyo Home Entertainment Corp.)
• Inventors: Suzuki, Takahiro, Fujii, Taiki
• Primary Examiner(s): Dinh, Tan X
• Application Number:
  US15/914,908
• Publication Number:
  US 20180261257A1
• Time in Patent Office: 468 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2330/022 in absence of operation, e.g. no data being entered during a predetermined time
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/00 Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators image data processing or generation, in general G06T
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 31/02 with automatic musical instruments
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/425 Structural combination with electronic components, e.g. electronic circuits integrated to the outside of the casing printed circuits H05K1/00
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/44 Methods for charging or discharging circuits for charging H02J7/00
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00 Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0068 Battery or charger load switching, e.g. concurrent charging and load supply H02J7/0013 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/2158 using a detachable storage unit
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries

Abstract

An electronic device that includes an external storage medium connection unit to which an external storage medium is connected; a detection unit that detects whether or not demonstration data is stored in the external storage medium connected to the external storage medium connection unit; and an operation mode control unit that causes the device to operate in a demonstration mode in a case where the demonstration data is stored in the external storage medium connected to the external storage medium connection unit, and causes the device to operate in a normal mode in a case where the external storage medium is not connected to the external storage medium connection unit and no demonstration data is stored in the external storage medium connected to the external storage medium connection unit.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

an external storage medium connector to which an external storage medium is connected; and

processing circuitry configured to

determine whether or not demonstration data is stored in the external storage medium connected to the external storage medium connector;

cause the electronic device to operate in a demonstration mode in response to determining the demonstration data is stored in the external storage medium connected to the external storage medium connector; and

cause the electronic device to operate in a normal anode in response to determining the external storage medium is not connected to the external storage medium connector, and in response to determining no demonstration data is stored in the external storage medium connected to the external storage medium connector, wherein

the processing circuitry is configured to determine an output form of the demonstration data based on at least part of a data name of the demonstration data.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein

the demonstration data stored in the external storage medium includes multiple pieces of demonstration data, and

the processing circuitry is configured to determine an output order of each piece of demonstration data based on at least part of a data name of each piece of demonstration data.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein

the processing circuitry is configured to determine an output time of the demonstration data based on a character extracted from the data name of the demonstration data under a predetermined condition.

8. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to detect, as the demonstration data, data stored in a specific folder in the external storage medium connected to the external storage medium connector.

9. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the electronic device is an audio player, and the demonstration data is image data.

4. An electronic device, comprising:

an external storage medium connector to which an external storage medium is connected; and

processing circuitry configured to

determine whether or not demonstration data is stored in the external storage medium connected to the external storage medium connector;

cause the electronic device to operate in a demonstration mode in response to determining the demonstration data is stored in the external storage medium connected to the external storage medium connector; and

cause the electronic device to operate in a normal mode in response to determining the external storage medium is not connected to the external storage medium connector, and in response to determining no demonstration data is stored in the external storage medium connected to the external storage medium connector, wherein

the processing circuitry is configured to output the demonstration data stored in the external storage medium in response to determining the electronic device operates in the demonstration mode, and

the processing circuitry is configured to allow output of the demonstration data in a case where the electronic device operates in the demonstration mode and there is no operation for the electronic device for a predetermined time.

10. The electronic device according to claim 4, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to detect, as the demonstration data, data stored in a specific folder in the external storage medium connected to the external storage medium connector.

11. The electronic device according to claim 4, wherein the electronic device is an audio player, and the demonstration data is image data.

5. An electronic device, comprising:

an external storage medium connector to which an external storage medium is connected; and

processing circuitry configured to

determine whether or not demonstration data is stored in the external storage medium connected to the external storage medium connector;

cause the electronic device o operate in a demonstration mode in response to determining the demonstration data is stored in the external storage medium connected to the external storage medium connector; and

cause the electronic device to operate in a normal mode in response to determining the external storage medium is not connected to the external storage medium connector, and in response to determining no demonstration data is stored in the external storage medium connected to the external storage medium connector, wherein

the electronic device further comprising comprises a battery,

the processing circuitry is configured to

determine whether or not the battery is being charged; and

,

cause the electronic device to operate in the demonstration mode in response to determining that the demonstration data is stored in the external storage medium connected to the external storage medium connector and that the battery is being charted.

12. The electronic device according to claim 5, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to detect, as the demonstration data, data stored in a specific folder in the external storage medium connected to the external storage medium connector.

13. The electronic device according to claim 5, wherein the electronic device is an audio player, and the demonstration data is image data.

14. The electronic device according to claim 5, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to output the demonstration data stored in the external storage medium in response to determining the electronic device operates in the demonstration mode.

6. A method, comprising:

determining, using processing circuitry, whether or not demonstration data is stored in an external storage medium connected to an external storage medium connector of an electronic device;

causing the electronic device to operate in a demonstration mode in response to determining the demonstration data is stored in the external storage medium connected to the external storage medium connector;

causing the electronic device to operate in a normal mode in response to determining the external storage medium is not connected to the external storage medium connector, and in response to determining no demonstration data is stored in the external storage medium connected to the external storage medium connector; and

outputting the demonstration data stored in the external storage medium in response to determining the electronic device operates in the demonstration mode, wherein

the outputting of the demonstration data is allowed in a case where the electronic device operates in the demonstration mode and there is no operation for the electronic device for a predetermined time.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium including executable instructions, which when executed by a computer cause the computer to execute a method, the method comprising:

determining whether or not demonstration data is stored in the external storage medium connected to an external storage medium connector of an electronic device;

causing the electronic device to operate in a demonstration mode in response to determining the demonstration data is stored in the external storage medium connected to the external storage medium connector;

causing the electronic device to operate in a normal mode in response to determining the external storage medium is not connected to the external storage medium connector, and in response to determining no demonstration data is stored in the external storage medium connected to the external storage medium connector; and

outputting the demonstration data stored in the external storage medium in response to determining the electronic device operates in the demonstration mode, wherein

the outputting of the demonstration data is allowed in a case where the electronic device operates in the demonstration mode and there is no operation for the electronic device for a predetermined time.