MOBILE DEVICE, AND METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM THEREFOR

• US 20120149395A1
• Filed: 02/17/2012
• Published: 06/14/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/19/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Azami, Toshihiro, Uchishima, Makoto, Jogo, Arata
• Granted Patent: US 9,364,752 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.1
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/211 using inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers or gyroscopes
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/216 using geographical information, e.g. location of the game device or player using GPS
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/42 by mapping the input signals into game commands, e.g. mapping the displacement of a stylus on a touch screen to the steering angle of a virtual vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/44 involving timing of operations, e.g. performing an action within a time slot
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/46 Computing the game score
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/92 Video game devices specially adapted to be hand-held while playing
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/204 the platform being a handheld device
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/5573 player location

Abstract

A mobile device includes: a location detecting unit configured to detect a location of the mobile device; an operation instructing unit configured to instruct a user to perform a specific operation when the location detecting unit detects a specific location; an operation detecting unit configured to detect the specific operation of the user; a determining unit configured to determine whether the specific operation has been performed at the specific location; and a status changing unit configured to change a status of the mobile device when the determining unit determines that the specific operation has been performed at the specific location.

Claims

1. A mobile device comprising:

a location detecting unit configured to detect a location of the mobile device;

an operation instructing unit configured to instruct a user to perform a specific operation when the location detecting unit detects a specific location;

an operation detecting unit configured to detect the specific operation of the user;

a determining unit configured to determine whether the specific operation has been performed at the specific location; and

a status changing unit configured to change a status of the mobile device when the determining unit determines that the specific operation has been performed at the specific location.

2. The mobile device according to claim 1, wherein, based on a time elapsed since the instruction to instruct the user to perform the specific operation by the operation instructing unit until the detection of the specific operation by the operation detecting unit, the determining unit determines whether the specific operation has been performed at the specific location.

3. The mobile device according to claim 1, wherein

the location detecting unit re-detects a location of the mobile device when the operation detecting unit detects the specific operation of the user;

and

the determining unit determines whether the specific operation has been performed at the specific location, based on the re-detected location of the mobile device.

4. The mobile device according to claim 1, wherein the operation detecting unit detects an acceleration applied to the mobile device, to detect the specific operation of the user.

5. The mobile device according to claim 1, further comprising a location display unit configured to display the location of the mobile device and the specific location on a display unit, based on the location of the mobile device detected by the location detecting unit and the specific location.

6. The mobile device according to claim 1, further comprising a communicating unit configured to transmit, to a center, information about the location of the mobile device detected by the location detecting unit, and receive, from the center, contents of the specific operation the user is to be instructed to perform by the operation instructing unit.

7. The mobile device according to claim 1, further comprising a communicating unit configured to notify a center that the specific operation has been performed at the specific location, when the determining unit determines that the specific operation has been performed at the specific location,

wherein the status changing unit changes the status of the mobile device, based on an instruction from the center.

8. A method comprising:

detecting a location of a mobile device;

instructing a user to perform a specific operation when the detected location of the mobile device is a specific location;

detecting the specific operation of the user;

determining whether the specific operation has been performed at the specific location, when the specific operation is detected; and

changing a status of the mobile device, when the specific operation is determined to have been performed at the specific location.

9. A computer readable storage medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for communications, the process comprising:

detecting a location of a mobile device;

instructing a user to perform a specific operation when the detected location of the mobile device is a specific location;

detecting the specific operation of the user;

determining whether the specific operation has been performed at the specific location, when the specific operation is detected; and

changing a status of the mobile device, when the specific operation is determined to have been performed at the specific location.