Reproducing device, setting changing method, and setting changing device

• US 20060240875A1
• Filed: 04/04/2006
• Published: 10/26/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 04/06/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Miyazawa, Masaaki
• Granted Patent: US 8,194,033 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/566
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1684 Constructional details or arrangements related to integrated I/O peripherals not covered by groups G06F1/1635 - G06F1/1675
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1614 Image rotation following screen orientation, e.g. switching from landscape to portrait mode
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1637 Sensing arrangement for detection of housing movement or orientation, e.g. for controlling scrolling or cursor movement on the display of an handheld computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 3/60 Rotation of whole images or parts thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 3/606 by memory addressing or mapping
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2330/021 Power management, e.g. power saving
• 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: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72466 with selection means, e.g. keys, having functions defined by the mode or the status of the device
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0251 using monitoring of local events, e.g. events related to user activity
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

A reproducing device that can reproduce data and operates on a battery includes displaying means, attitude detecting means for detecting an attitude of the reproducing device, determining means for determining whether the reproducing device satisfies a predetermined condition, and controlling means for changing a setting of the reproducing device on a basis of a result of detection of the attitude detecting means when the determining means determines that the reproducing device satisfies the predetermined condition.

Claims

1. A reproducing device that can reproduce data and operates on a battery, said reproducing device comprising:

displaying means;

attitude detecting means for detecting an attitude of said reproducing device;

determining means for determining whether said reproducing device satisfies a predetermined condition; and

controlling means for changing a setting of said reproducing device on a basis of a result of detection of said attitude detecting means when said determining means determines that said reproducing device satisfies the predetermined condition.

2. The reproducing device as claimed in claim 1,

wherein the setting changed by said controlling means is a display orientation of data displayed on the displaying means, the display orientation being associated with the result of detection of said detecting means in advance.

3. The reproducing device as claimed in claim 2,

wherein said controlling means controls said displaying means so as to display the data displayed on said displaying means in the display orientation associated in advance when the result of detection of said attitude detecting means is identical for a predetermined period.

4. The reproducing device as claimed in claim 2, further comprising power supplying means for supplying power to said reproducing device,

wherein said determining means determines that said reproducing device satisfies the predetermined condition when power supply from said power supplying means to said reproducing device is started.

5. The reproducing device as claimed in claim 2,

wherein said controlling means controls said displaying means so as to display a screen-saver screen on said displaying means, and

said determining means determines that said reproducing device satisfies the predetermined condition when a change is made from a state in which said screen-saver screen is displayed on a display screen to a state in which data displayed on said displaying means before said screen-saver screen is displayed is displayed on said displaying means.

6. The reproducing device as claimed in claim 2, further comprising operating means having a plurality of operating buttons,

wherein said determining means determines that said reproducing device satisfies the predetermined condition when an operating instruction is given to the controlling means by said operating means.

7. The reproducing device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising operating means having a plurality of operating buttons,

wherein the setting changed by said controlling means is definitions assigned to the plurality of operating buttons of said operating means on the basis of the result of detection of said attitude detecting means, and

said controlling means changes functions of the plurality of operating buttons of said operating means by changing the definitions assigned to the plurality of operating buttons of said operating means.

8. The reproducing device as claimed in claim 7,

wherein said controlling means performs control so as to change the functions of the plurality of operating buttons of said operating means when the result of detection of said attitude detecting means is identical for a predetermined period.

9. The reproducing device as claimed in claim 7, further comprising power supplying means for supplying power to said reproducing device,

wherein said determining means determines that said reproducing device satisfies the predetermined condition when power supply from said power supplying means to said reproducing device is started.

10. The reproducing device as claimed in claim 7,

wherein said controlling means controls said displaying means so as to display a screen-saver screen on said displaying means, and

said determining means determines that said reproducing device satisfies the predetermined condition when a change is made from a state in which said screen-saver screen is displayed on a display screen to a state in which data displayed on said displaying means before said screen-saver screen is displayed is displayed on said displaying means.

11. The reproducing device as claimed in claim 7,

wherein said determining means determines that said reproducing device satisfies the predetermined condition when an operating instruction is given to the controlling means by said operating means.

12. A setting changing method for changing a setting of a reproducing device operating on a battery, said setting changing method comprising:

a determining step of determining whether said reproducing device satisfies a predetermined condition;

an attitude detecting step of detecting an attitude of said reproducing device when said reproducing device satisfies the predetermined condition; and

a setting changing step of changing the setting of said reproducing device on a basis of said detected attitude of said reproducing device.

13. The setting changing method as claimed in claim 12,

wherein said setting changing step changes a display orientation of data displayed on displaying means of said reproducing device, the display orientation being associated with a result of detection of said attitude detecting step in advance.

14. The setting changing method as claimed in claim 13, further comprising a confirming step of confirming that the result of detection of said attitude detecting step is identical for a predetermined period,

wherein said setting changing step changes the display orientation of the data displayed on said displaying means of said reproducing device when said confirming step confirms that the result of detection of said attitude detecting step is identical for the predetermined period.

15. The setting changing method as claimed in claim 12,

wherein said determining step determines that said reproducing device satisfies the predetermined condition when power supply to said reproducing device from power supplying means for supplying power to said reproducing device is started.

16. The setting changing method as claimed in claim 12,

wherein said determining step determines that said reproducing device satisfies the predetermined condition when a change is made from a state in which a screen-saver screen is displayed on a display screen to a state in which data displayed on said displaying means before said screen-saver screen is displayed is displayed on said displaying means.

17. The setting changing method as claimed in claim 12,

wherein said determining step determines that said reproducing device satisfies the predetermined condition when an operating instruction is given to controlling means by operating means.

18. The setting changing method as claimed in claim 12,

wherein said setting changing step changes functions of a plurality of operating buttons of operating means possessed by said reproducing device by changing definitions assigned to the plurality of operating buttons of said operating means on a basis of a result of detection of said attitude detecting step.

19. A setting changing device that can reproduce data and operates on a battery, said setting changing device comprising:

displaying means;

attitude detecting means for detecting an attitude of said reproducing device;

determining means for determining whether said reproducing device satisfies a predetermined condition; and

controlling means for changing a setting of said reproducing device on a basis of a result of detection of said attitude detecting means when said determining means determines that said reproducing device satisfies the predetermined condition.

20. The setting changing device as claimed in claim 19,

wherein the setting changed by said controlling means is a display orientation of data displayed on the displaying means, the display orientation being associated with the result of detection of said detecting means in advance.

21. The setting changing device as claimed in claim 19, further comprising operating means having a plurality of operating buttons,

wherein the setting changed by said controlling means is definitions assigned to the plurality of operating buttons of said operating means on the basis of the result of detection of said attitude detecting means, and

said controlling means changes functions of the plurality of operating buttons of said operating means by changing the definitions assigned to the plurality of operating buttons of said operating means.

22. A reproducing device that can reproduce data and operates on a battery, said reproducing device comprising:

a displaying section;

an attitude detecting section detecting an attitude of said reproducing device;

a determining section determining whether said reproducing device satisfies a predetermined condition; and

a controlling section changing a setting of said reproducing device on a basis of a result of detection of said attitude detecting section when said determining section determines that said reproducing device satisfies the predetermined condition.

23. A setting changing device that can reproduce data and operates on a battery, said setting changing device comprising:

a displaying section;

an attitude detecting section detecting an attitude of said reproducing device;

a determining section determining whether said reproducing device satisfies a predetermined condition; and

a controlling section changing a setting of said reproducing device on a basis of a result of detection of said attitude detecting section when said determining section determines that said reproducing device satisfies the predetermined condition.