Portable information terminal and operation mode determination system thereof
First Claim
1. A portable information terminal operating in one of a plurality of operation modes, comprising:
- operation mode determination means for determining an operation mode from a plurality of operation modes using one of a plurality of conditions as a determination condition, said plurality of conditions varying according to a status of said portable information terminal, wherein said operation mode determination means determines the operation mode from the plurality of operation modes using one of said plurality of conditions as the determination condition in order of priority and, if the operation mode cannot be determined by a higher priority condition, using a next lower priority condition as the determination condition.
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Abstract
A portable information terminal operates in one of a plurality of operation modes. The portable information terminal includes operation mode determination means that determines an operation mode from the plurality of operation modes using one of a plurality of conditions, which vary according to the status in which the portable information terminal is placed, as the determination condition. The operation mode determination means determines the operation mode from the plurality of operation modes using one of the plurality of conditions as the determination condition in order of priority and, if the operation mode cannot be determined by a higher priority condition, using a next lower priority condition as the determination condition.
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1. A portable information terminal operating in one of a plurality of operation modes, comprising:
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operation mode determination means for determining an operation mode from a plurality of operation modes using one of a plurality of conditions as a determination condition, said plurality of conditions varying according to a status of said portable information terminal, wherein said operation mode determination means determines the operation mode from the plurality of operation modes using one of said plurality of conditions as the determination condition in order of priority and, if the operation mode cannot be determined by a higher priority condition, using a next lower priority condition as the determination condition. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 21, 23)
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17. The portable information terminal operating in one of a plurality of operation modes, comprising:
operation mode determination means for intermittently determining whether or not said portable information terminal is positioned in a range where short-range wireless communication can be performed with some other device and, based on the determination result, determining the operation mode from a plurality of operation modes. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 22)
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