ELECTRONIC DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND PROGRAM

• US 20200133376A1
• Filed: 12/26/2019
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 06/17/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: InterDigital CE Patent Holdings SAS (InterDigital, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: YAMAMOTO, Kazuyuki
• Granted Patent: US 11,163,353 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01P 15/14 by making use of gyroscopes gyroscopes per se G01C19/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3231 Monitoring the presence, absence or movement of users
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3234 Power saving characterised by the action undertaken
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3262 Power saving in digitizer or tablet
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/044 by capacitive means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/045 using resistive elements, e.g. a single continuous surface or two parallel surfaces put in contact
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 using a radio link
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/12 Power saving techniques of remote control or controlled devices
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/32 Remote control based on movements, attitude of remote control device
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42202 environmental sensors, e.g. for detecting temperature, luminosity, pressure, earthquakes
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4436 Power management, e.g. shutting down unused components of the receiver power management in computer systems G06F1/3203; hibernate or awake process in computer systems G06F9/4418

Abstract

Aspects of the present invention include a device comprising a first sensor and a circuitry configured to detect a first user action and a second user action, the second user action being detected by the first sensor. The circuitry is further configured to designate a first mode based on the first user action and a second mode based on the second user action, the first mode and the second mode being power saving modes and the second mode is configured to save power consumed by the first sensor.

Claims

1. (canceled)

2. A device, comprising:

processing circuitry configured to;

detect a first user action according to a first signal received from a first sensor while operating in a first mode, the first user action being gripping and lifting up of the device;

change an operation mode of a second sensor from the first mode to a second mode or a plurality of power saving modes after detecting the first user action;

detect a second user action according to a second signal received from the second sensor while the first user action, the second sensor being a touch sensor, the second user action being a touch operation to a display of the device; and

change the operation mode to one of the plurality of power saving modes in response to the first user action being detected and the second user action being not detected.

3. The device according to claim 2, wherein the plurality of power saving modes include a first power saving mode and a second power saving mode.

4. The device according to claim 3, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to change the operation mode from the first mode to the first power saving mode in response to detecting the first user action.

5. The device according to claim 4, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to change the operation mode from the first power saving mode to the second power saving mode after a predetermined time elapses from when the operation mode is changed to the first mode.

6. The device according to claim 5, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to change the operation mode from the second power saving mode to the second mode in response to detecting the second user operation after the operation mode is changed to the second power saving mode.

7. The device according to claim 3, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to change the operation mode to the second mode in response to detecting the second user operation.

8. The device according to claim 6, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to change the operation mode from the second mode to the first power saving mode after the touch operation is released and after a predetermined time elapses.

9. The device according to claim 3, wherein a first sampling rate of the first power saving mode is higher than a second sampling rate of the second power saving mode.

10. The device according to claim 2, wherein the first mode is a sleep mode.

11. The device according to claim 10, wherein the sleep mode is a mode in which a sampling rate of the touch sensor is set to a minimum value.

12. The device according to claim 2, wherein the second mode is an active mode.

13. The device according to claim 2, wherein the first sensor is an acceleration sensor.

14. A method, comprising:

detecting a first user action according to a first signal received from a first sensor while operating in a first mode, the first user action being gripping and lifting up of the device;

changing, using processing circuitry, an operation mode of a second sensor from the first mode to a second mode or a plurality of power saving modes after detecting the first user action;

detecting a second user action according to a second signal received from the second sensor while the first user action, the second sensor being a touch sensor, the second user action being a touch operation to a display of the device; and

changing, using the processing circuitry, the operation mode to one of the plurality of power saving modes in response to the first user action being detected and the second user action being not detected.

15. A non-transitory computer readable medium including executable instructions, which when executed by a computer cause the computer to execute a method comprising:

detecting a first user action according to a first signal received from a first sensor while operating in a first mode, the first user action being gripping and lifting up of the device;

changing an operation mode of a second sensor from the first mode to a second mode or a plurality of power saving modes after detecting the first user action;

detecting a second user action according to a second signal received from the second sensor while the first user action, the second sensor being a touch sensor, the second user action being a touch operation to a display of the device; and

changing the operation mode to one of the plurality of power saving modes in response to the first user action being detected and the second user action being not detected.