ELECTRONIC DEVICE, ARRIVAL DETERMINATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM

• US 20150377633A1
• Filed: 03/23/2015
• Published: 12/31/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Inventors: YAHATA, Takashi
• Granted Patent: US 9,714,834 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/30 Map- or contour-matching
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 29/007 using computer methods
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 29/102 using electrical means

Abstract

An electronic device configured to detect arrival at a specified location, includes: a location information acquisition unit configured to acquire current location of the electronic device; a detection range setting unit configured to set detection ranges for detecting arrival of the electronic device at specified locations given the order; and a detection range control unit configured to change the detection ranges according to location status of the electronic device based on relationship between the current location and the specified locations.

Claims

1. An electronic device configured to detect arrival at a specified location, comprising:

a location information acquisition unit configured to acquire current location of the electronic device;

a detection range setting unit configured to set detection ranges for detecting arrival of the electronic device at specified locations given the order; and

a detection range control unit configured to change the detection ranges according to location status of the electronic device based on relationship between the current location and the specified locations.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the detection range control unit changes the detection ranges according to location status that is determined by differences between estimated times of arrival at the specified locations and the current time.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the detection range control unit changes the detection ranges according to location status that is determined by distances between the specified locations and the current location.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the detection range control unit changes the detection ranges according to location status that is determined by numbers set for the specified locations at which the electronic device has already arrived.

5. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the detection range control unit changes sizes of the detection ranges.

6. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the detection range setting unit reduces the detection ranges when the current location has departed from the detection ranges.

7. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the detection range setting unit enlarges the detection ranges when the current location has entered the detection ranges.

8. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the detection range control unit changes shapes of the detection ranges.

9. An arrival determination method executed at an electronic device, comprising the steps of:

acquiring current location of the electronic device;

setting detection ranges for detecting arrival of the electronic device at specified locations given the order; and

changing mode of the detection ranges according to location status of the electronic device based on relationship between the current location and the specified locations.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium controlling an electric device and recording a program for causing the computer to execute:

a location information acquisition function to acquire current location of the electronic device;

a detection range setting function to set detection ranges for detecting arrival of the electronic device at specified locations given the order; and

a detection range control function to change mode of the detection ranges according to location status of the electronic device based on relationship between the current location and the specified locations.