Electronic Device, Alarm Control Method, and Recording Medium

• US 20110074558A1
• Filed: 03/26/2009
• Published: 03/31/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/26/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: Miura, Hiroaki
• Application Number:
  US12/934,622
• Publication Number:
  US 20110074558A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/309.16
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 13/021 Details
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 13/026 acting at a number of different times
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/24 Reminder alarms, e.g. anti-loss alarms
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72451 according to schedules, e.g. using calendar applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/10 including a GPS signal receiver

Abstract

An electronic device 10 has an alarm 13; an alarm execution portion 170 making the alarm 13 execute an alarm operation at a previously set alarm time T(ALM); and a determination portion 170 determining whether or not an alarm stop condition for stopping in advance the alarm operation of the alarm execution portion 170 is satisfied in a first period PBAL from a predetermined time before the alarm time to the alarm time. The alarm execution portion 170 does not operate the alarm at the alarm time T(ALM) when the determination portion 170 determines that the alarm stop condition is satisfied.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

an alarm;

an alarm execution portion making the alarm execute an alarm operation at a previously set alarm time; and

a determination portion determining whether or not an alarm stop condition for stopping in advance the alarm operation by the alarm execution portion in a first period from a predetermined time before the alarm time to the alarm time is satisfied, wherein

the alarm execution portion does not operate the alarm at the alarm time in a case where the determination portion determines that the alarm stop condition is satisfied.

2. An electronic device as set forth in claim 1, wherein

the electronic device further has an operation portion, and

the alarm execution portion does not operate the alarm at the alarm time in a case where the determination portion determines that the alarm stop condition is satisfied and where the operation portion is operated.

3. An electronic device as set forth in claim 1, wherein

the electronic device further has a program executing portion executing a program, and

the determination portion determines that the alarm stop condition is satisfied in a case where the program executing portion is executing the program.

4. An electronic device as set forth in claim 1, wherein

the electronic device further has a light receiving portion, and

the determination portion determines that the alarm stop condition is satisfied in a case where the light receiving portion receives light over a predetermined value.

5. An electronic device as set forth in claim 1, wherein

the electronic device further has an operation portions, and

the determination portion determines that the alarm stop condition is satisfied in a case where the number of times of operation of the operation portion is a predetermined number or more.

6. An electronic device as set forth in claim 1, wherein

the electronic device further has a control portion, and

the control portion sets a power source in an on state when an off state of the power source is detected in the first period.

7. An electronic device as set forth in claim 1, wherein

the electronic device further has a detection portion detecting movement of the electronic device, and

the determination portion determines that the alarm stop condition is satisfied in a case where the detection portion detects movement of the electronic device.

8. An electronic device as set forth in claim 7, wherein the detection portion of the electronic device has an acceleration sensor, detects movement of the electronic device based on a detected acceleration of the acceleration sensor, and detects the predetermined movement of the electronic device in a case where the detected acceleration is a predetermined value or more.

9. An electronic device as set forth in claim 1, wherein

the electronic device further has a positional information acquiring portion acquiring positional information of the electronic device and a positional information memory portion storing the positional information which is previously acquired by the positional information acquiring portion, and

the determination portion determines that the alarm stop condition is satisfied in a case where the positional information previously acquired and stored in the positional information memory portion and the positional information which is acquired by the positional information acquiring portion are different from each other.

10. An electronic device as set forth in claim 9, wherein the positional information acquiring portion of the electronic device receives signals from GPS satellites and acquires the positional information based on the received signals.

11. An electronic device as set forth in claim 1, wherein

the electronic device further has:

an alarm event setting portion setting an alarm event designating the alarm time;

an alarm event storing portion storing the alarm event; and

an alarm event cancellation control portion deleting the alarm event from the alarm event storing portion in a case where the alarm stop condition is determined to be satisfied, and

the alarm execution portion makes the alarm execute an alarm operation at a designated time based on the alarm event.

12. An alarm control method of an electronic device performing an alarm operation comprising:

a determination step for determining whether or not an alarm stop condition for stopping in advance the alarm operation at an alarm time is satisfied in a first period from a predetermined time before the alarm time to the alarm time and

a step for preventing an alarm operation from being executed at the alarm time in a case where the alarm stop condition is determined to be satisfied in the determination step.

13. A computer readable recording medium recording a computer readable program for a computer of an electronic device connected to an alarm for an alarm operation,

making said computer execute

a determination step for determining whether or not an alarm stop condition for stopping in advance the alarm operation at an alarm time is satisfied in a first period from a predetermined time before the alarm time to the alarm time and

a step for preventing the alarm operation from being executed at the alarm time in a case where the alarm stop condition is determined to be satisfied in the determination step.