ELECTRONIC DEVICE

• US 20130275078A1
• Filed: 04/16/2013
• Published: 10/17/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/16/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: Tanabe, Shigeki, Morita, Hideki
• Granted Patent: US 9,370,690 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 702/141
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1118 Determining activity level
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1123 Discriminating type of movement, e.g. walking or running A61B5/1116, A61B5/112 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4866 Evaluating metabolism A61B5/083 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6898 Portable consumer electronic devices, e.g. music players, telephones, tablet computers
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 24/00 Electric or electronic controls for exercising apparatus of preceding groups; Controlling or monitoring of exercises, sportive games, training or athletic performances
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 22/006 Pedometers
• CPC Class Codes: G01P 13/00 Indicating or recording presence, absence, or direction, of movement electric switches H01H; counting moving objects G06M7/00
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/052 with provision for determining speed or overspeed speed measuring in general G01P
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/056 with provision for distinguishing direction of travel
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass

Abstract

A mobile telephone device includes a control unit that determines that a state is a state of walking or a movement state different from the state of walking, based on acceleration. In a case in which the control unit determines that a state is the movement state different from the state of walking, if a state immediately before determining the movement state different from the state of walking is the state of walking, the control unit makes the determination valid. As an example, the movement state different from the state of walking is a state of moving on a bicycle or a state of moving by transportation other than the bicycle.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a control unit that determines that a state is a state of walking or a movement state different from the state of walking, based on acceleration,

wherein, in a case in which the control unit determines that a state is the movement state different from the state of walking, if a state immediately before determining the movement state different from the state of walking is the state of walking, the control unit makes the determination valid.

4. The electronic device according to any one of claims 1,

wherein the movement state different from the state of walking is a state of moving on a bicycle or a state of moving by transportation other than the bicycle.

2. An electronic device, comprising:

a control unit that determines that a state is a state of walking or a movement state different from the state of walking, based on acceleration,

wherein, in a case in which the control unit determines that a state is the movement state different from the state of walking, if a state immediately before determining the movement state different from the state of walking is not the state of walking, the control unit maintains the state immediately before determining the movement state different from the state of walking.

9. The electronic device according to any one of claims 2,

wherein the movement state different from the state of walking is a state of moving on a bicycle or a state of moving by transportation other than the bicycle.

3. An electronic device, comprising:

a display unit; and

a control unit that causes the display unit to display integrated duration of each of a state of walking and a movement state different from the state of walking, based on acceleration,

wherein, in a case in which a state is changed to the movement state different from the state of walking, if incremented and integrated duration of the state of walking is not displayed immediately before the change, the control unit does not incrementally display integrated duration of the movement state different from the state of walking.

10. The electronic device according to any one of claims 3,

wherein the movement state different from the state of walking is a state of moving on a bicycle or a state of moving by transportation other than the bicycle.

5. An electronic device, comprising:

a control unit that determines that a state is a first movement state as a state of walking, a second movement state different from the first movement state, or a third movement state different from the first movement state and the second movement state, based on acceleration,

wherein, in a case in which the control unit determines that a state is the second movement state or the third movement state without the first movement state intervening therebetween, the control unit corrects the determination to the state, for which total determination duration is longer.

8. The electronic device according to any one of claims 5,

wherein the second movement state is a state of moving on a bicycle, and

wherein the third movement state is a state of moving by transportation other than the bicycle.

6. An electronic device, comprising:

a display unit; and

a control unit that causes the display unit to display information of a first movement state as a state of walking, information of a second movement state different from the first movement state, and information of a third movement state different from the first movement state and the second movement state, based on acceleration,

wherein, if the displaying of the information of the first movement state is not changed after changing the displaying of the information of the second movement state, the control unit does not change the displaying of the information of the third movement state.

11. The electronic device according to any one of claims 6,

wherein the second movement state is a state of moving on a bicycle, and

wherein the third movement state is a state of moving by transportation other than the bicycle.

7. An electronic device, comprising:

a control unit that recognizes a first movement state as a state of walking, a second movement state different from the first movement state, or a third movement state different from the first movement state and the second movement state, based on acceleration,

wherein the control unit recognizes the third movement state after recognizing the first movement state subsequent to the second movement state.

12. The electronic device according to any one of claims 7,

wherein the second movement state is a state of moving on a bicycle, and

wherein the third movement state is a state of moving by transportation other than the bicycle.