Handheld terminal and control method and control program therefor

• US 8,536,975 B2
• Filed: 05/25/2010
• Issued: 09/17/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/01/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Mobile Communications Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Mobile Communications Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Yaguchi, Yoshiharu
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Nam V
• Application Number:
  US12/786,485
• Publication Number:
  US 20100302055A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,211 Days
• Field of Search: 340/4.3, 340/4.37, 340/4.4, 340/7.62, 340/8.1, 340/988, 340/992, 847/23, 847/24, 847/25, 847/30, 847/37, 600/595, 702/160, 738/654
• US Class Current: 340/4.3
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72442 for playing music files
• 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 control method for a handheld terminal, including the steps of: reproducing and outputting a piece of music in accordance with a reproduction list; detecting motion of the terminal in real space and determining whether or not the detected motion corresponds to a motion situation where the terminal is moving in real space; obtaining, on the basis of motion information derived from the motion of the terminal, the movement distance of the terminal in real space when the terminal is determined to be in a motion situation where the terminal is moving in real space; comparing the movement distance with a predetermined distance determination threshold and determining whether or not the movement distance exceeds the distance determination threshold; and changing the reproduction list of music to be reproduced, when the movement distance is determined to exceed the distance determination threshold.

Claims

1. A handheld terminal comprising:

a music reproduction section configured to reproduce and output a piece of music in accordance with a reproduction list;

a motion recognition section configured to detect motion of the terminal in real space and determine, on the basis of the detected motion, whether or not the terminal is in a motion situation in which the terminal is moving in real space;

a distance calculation section configured to obtain, on the basis of motion information which is derived from the motion of the terminal and supplied from the motion recognition section, a movement distance of the terminal in real space when the motion recognition section determines that the terminal is in a motion situation in which the terminal is moving in real space;

a threshold determination section configured to compare the movement distance obtained by the distance calculation section with a predetermined distance determination threshold value and determine whether or not the movement distance exceeds the distance determination threshold value, the threshold determination section including a plurality of distance determination threshold values different from one another and compares the movement distance obtained by the distance calculation section with the plurality of distance determination threshold values; and

a reproduction list control section configured to change the reproduction list of music to be reproduced by the music reproduction section, when the threshold determination section determines that the movement distance exceeds the distance determination threshold value;

wherein the reproduction list control section changes the reproduction list of music to be reproduced by the music reproduction section, every time the threshold determination section determines that the movement distance exceeds each of the plurality of distance determination threshold values.

2. The handheld terminal according to claim 1, wherein

the motion recognition section includes a motion sensor used for detecting an external force applied to the terminal and determines, on the basis of a detection signal corresponding to the external force detected by the motion sensor, whether or not the terminal is in a motion situation in which the terminal is moving in real space.

3. The handheld terminal according to claim 1, wherein

the distance calculation section calculates a movement velocity of the terminal on the basis of the motion information supplied from the motion recognition section and calculates the movement distance by using an integral of the movement velocity.

4. A control method for a handheld terminal, comprising the steps of:

causing a music reproduction section to reproduce and output a piece of music in accordance with a reproduction list;

causing a motion recognition section to detect motion of the terminal in real space and determine whether or not the detected motion corresponds to a motion situation in which the terminal is moving in real space;

causing a distance calculation section to obtain, on the basis of motion information which is derived from the motion of the terminal and supplied from the motion recognition section, a movement distance of the terminal in real space when the motion recognition section determines that the terminal is in a motion situation in which the terminal is moving in real space;

causing a threshold determination section to compare the movement distance obtained by the distance calculation section with a plurality of distance determination threshold values different from one another and determine whether or not the movement distance exceeds the distance determination threshold value; and

causing a reproduction list control section to change the reproduction list of music to be reproduced by the music reproduction section, every time the threshold determination section determines that the movement distance exceeds each of the plurality of distance determination threshold values.

5. A non-transitory computer readable medium on which is stored a control program configured to cause a handheld terminal to execute processing, the processing comprising:

a music reproduction processing operation for reproducing and outputting a piece of music in accordance with a reproduction list;

a motion recognition processing operation for detecting motion of the terminal in real space and determining whether or not the detected motion corresponds to a motion situation in which the terminal is moving in real space;

a distance calculation processing operation for obtaining, on the basis of motion information which is derived from the motion of the terminal and generated in the motion recognition processing operation, a movement distance of the terminal in real space when the motion recognition processing operation determines that the terminal is in a motion situation in which the terminal is moving in real space;

a threshold determination processing operation for comparing the movement distance obtained in the distance calculation processing operation with a plurality of distance determination threshold values different from one another and determining whether or not the movement distance exceeds the distance determination threshold value; and

a reproduction list control processing operation for changing the reproduction list of music to be reproduced in the music reproduction processing operation, every time the threshold determination processing operation determines that the movement distance exceeds each of the plurality of distance determination threshold values.