MOBILE TERMINAL, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND PROGRAM

• US 20150234436A1
• Filed: 08/13/2013
• Published: 08/20/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/19/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC CASIO Mobile Communications Limited (NEC Corporation)
• Inventors: Kamijima, Atsuhiko
• Granted Patent: US 9,383,782 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• 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 3/016 Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user
• 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: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10

Abstract

A mobile terminal, including detection section 30 that detects an orientation and moving direction of mobile terminal 1; vibration section 40 that generate vibrations corresponding to the orientation and moving direction detected by detection section 30; and control section 50 that executes an operation of mobile terminal 1 corresponding to the orientation and moving direction detected by detection section 30.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal, comprising:

detection means that detects an orientation and moving direction of said mobile terminal;

vibration means that generate vibrations corresponding to the orientation and moving direction detected by said detection means; and

control means that executes an operation of said mobile terminal corresponding to the orientation and moving direction detected by said detection means.

2. The mobile terminal according to claim 1, further comprising:

display means that displays information that represents an application executed by said mobile terminal,

wherein said control means changes the moving direction detected by said detection means corresponding to the orientation detected by said detection means and executes an application represented by information displayed by said display means, the information being located in said changed moving direction.

5. The mobile terminal according to claim 1,

wherein said control means unlocks said mobile terminal corresponding to the moving direction of said mobile terminal.

3. A mobile terminal, comprising:

detection means that detects a moving direction of said mobile terminal;

vibration means that generates vibrations corresponding to the moving direction detected by said detection means;

control means that executes an operation of said mobile terminal corresponding to the moving direction detected by said detection means; and

an enclosure that allows an orientation of said mobile terminal to be perceived by touching the mobile terminal.

4. The mobile terminal according to claim 3, further comprising:

display means that displays information that represents an application executed by said mobile terminal,

wherein said control means executes an application represented by information displayed by said display means, the information being located in the moving direction detected by said detection means.

6. A control method for a mobile terminal, comprising:

a detection process that detects an orientation and moving direction of said mobile terminal;

a vibration process that generates vibrations corresponding to the orientation and moving direction detected in said detection process; and

an operation execution process that executes an operation of said mobile terminal corresponding to the orientation and moving direction detected in said detection process.

7. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program that causes a mobile terminal to execute the procedures, comprising:

a detection procedure that detects an orientation and moving direction of said mobile terminal;

a vibration procedure that generates vibrations corresponding to the orientation and moving direction detected in said detection procedure; and

an operation execution procedure that executes an operation of said mobile terminal corresponding to the orientation and moving direction detected in said detection procedure.