ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD

• US 20160241694A1
• Filed: 09/05/2014
• Published: 08/18/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: HASHIMOTO, Osamu, ARAKI, Takaomi, HATA, Mitsutaka, WATANABE, Akiko, SUDOU, Tomohiro
• Granted Patent: US 9,756,162 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6066 including a wireless connection
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/22 Processing or transfer of terminal data, e.g. status or physical capabilities

Abstract

A mobile phone includes a communication module for establishing a master-slave relationship with another electronic device to perform communication. The mobile phone determines a carrying state and performs control related to the master-slave relationship of the communication module based on a determination result of the carrying state. By this configuration, the mobile phone can improve user'"'"'s convenience with respect to the use modes of electronic devices between which the master-slave relationship is established. For example, when it is determined that the carrying state is a carried state, the mobile phone may make the communication module subordinate to the other electronic device.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a first communication module for establishing a master-slave relationship with another electronic device to perform communication; and

a controller for determining a carrying state and performing control related to the master-slave relationship of the first communication module based on a determination result of the carrying state.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein,

when it is determined that the carrying state is a carried state,

the controller makes the first communication module subordinate to the other electronic device.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a second communication module for performing communication via a public network.

4. The electronic device according to claim 3, further comprising:

an informing module;

wherein

the controller performs, based on the determination result of the carrying state, control related to settings of a manner mode in which an incoming communication received by the second communication module is notified without outputting sound from the informing module.

5. The electronic device according to claim 3, wherein,

when receiving a communication via the second communication module,

the controller determines the carrying state.

6. A control method for an electronic device including a first communication module, the control method comprising:

a step of establishing a master-slave relationship in the first communication module with another electronic device to perform communication; and

a step of determining a carrying state and performing control related to the master-slave relationship of the first communication module based on a determination result of the carrying state.