Portable electronic device

• US 8,600,354 B2
• Filed: 10/29/2009
• Issued: 12/03/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/29/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: Esaki, Michitada
• Primary Examiner(s): MIZRAHI, DIANE D
• Application Number:
  US13/126,949
• Publication Number:
  US 20110212753A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,496 Days
• Field of Search: 455/411, 455/556.1, 455/567, 455/454, 455/462.01, 455/462.32, 455/462.45, 455/470, 340/815.45
• US Class Current: 455/411
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/21 Combinations with auxiliary equipment, e.g. with clocks or memoranda pads
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 19/04 the ringing-current being generated at the substations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/52 including functional features of a camera

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to suppress, in a portable electronic device that can emit light, a situation in which light is emitted in an unexpected direction when a user suddenly moves the portable electronic device while a light emission operation is being performed. In order to achieve the above object, a mobile telephone includes a light emission unit that emits laser light or the like; a main display unit, a vibration motor, an LED, a speaker, and a sub display unit that perform a predetermined notification when a predetermined condition is satisfied; and a control unit that controls a light emission operation performed by the light emission unit, the control unit including a suppression unit that suppresses a predetermined notification performed by the main display unit, the vibration motor, the LED, the speaker, and the sub display unit when the light emission unit emits light.

Claims

1. A portable electronic device, comprising:

a light emission unit configured to emit light;

a notification unit configured to perform a predetermined notification; and

a control unit configured to control the light emission unit to emit the light and the notification unit to perform the predetermined notification according to a predetermined condition, wherein

the control unit is configured to prevent the notification unit from performing the predetermined notification when the light emission unit is emitting the light, and

the light emission unit is a projector.

2. The portable electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising a communication unit, wherein

the control unit is configured to determine whether or not a call is received by the communication unit,

upon the control unit determining that the call is received by the communication unit, the notification unit is configured to perform the predetermined notification in response to a reception of the call, and

when the light emission unit is emitting the light, and upon the control unit determining that the call is received by the communication unit, the control unit is configured to prevent the notification unit from performing the predetermined notification in response to the reception of the call.

3. The portable electronic device according to claim 2, wherein

the control unit is further configured to determine whether or not a specific signal is included in the call received by the communication unit, and

when the light emission unit is emitting the light, upon determining that the specific signal is not included in the call received by the communication unit, the control unit is configured to prevent the notification unit from performing the predetermined notification.

4. The portable electronic device according to claim 2, wherein

the control unit is further configured to determine whether or not the call received by the communication unit is from a specific correspondent, and

when the light emission unit is emitting the light, upon determining that the call received by the communication unit is from a correspondent other than the specific correspondent, the control unit is configured to prevent the notification unit from performing the predetermined notification.

5. The portable electronic device according to claim 4, wherein

the control unit is further configured to determine whether or not a specific signal is included in the call received by the communication unit, and

when the light emission unit is emitting the light, upon determining that the specific signal is not included in the call received by the communication unit, the control unit is configured to prevent the notification unit from performing the predetermined notification.

6. The portable electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising an alarm operation unit, wherein

the control unit is further configured to determine whether or not an alarm operation has been performed by the alarm operation unit, and

when the light emission unit is emitting the light, upon determining that the alarm operation has been performed by the alarm operation unit, the control unit is configured to prevent the notification unit from performing the predetermined notification.

7. The portable electronic device according to claim 6, wherein

the control unit is further configured to determine whether or not the alarm operation is a specific alarm operation, and

when the light emission unit is emitting the light, upon determining that the alarm operation is other than the specific alarm operation, the control unit is configured to prevent the notification unit from performing the predetermined notification.

8. The portable electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising a storage unit, wherein

upon preventing the notification unit from performing the predetermined notification, the control unit is configured to store, in the storage unit, information indicating that the predetermined condition, that is the basis of the predetermined notification, has been satisfied.

9. The portable electronic device according to claim 8, wherein when the light emission unit stops emitting the light, and when the information indicating that the predetermined condition has been satisfied is stored in the storage unit, the control unit is configured to allow the notification unit to perform the predetermined notification.

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

a case; and

a case state detection unit configured to detect a state of the case, wherein

when the light emission unit is emitting the light, upon the case state detection unit determining that the state of the case is a predetermined state, the control unit is configured to prevent the notification unit from performing the predetermined notification.

11. The portable electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the notification unit is at least one selected from the group consisting of a vibration motor, a light emitting diode other than a light source of the projector, and a speaker.

12. The portable electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the notification unit is at least one selected from the group consisting of a vibration motor, a light emitting diode, and a speaker.

13. The portable electronic device according to claim 1, wherein

the notification unit is arranged separately from the light emission unit, and

the control unit is configured to

prevent, upon beginning of emission of the light from the light emission unit, the notification unit from performing the predetermined notification during the emission of the light, and

cause, upon ending of the emission of the light, the notification unit to perform the predetermined notification that has been prevented during the emission of the light.

14. A portable electronic device, comprising:

a light emission unit configured to emit light;

a communication unit; and

a control unit configured to control the light emission unit to emit the light and the communication unit to perform a communication operation, wherein

the control unit is configured to prevent the communication unit from performing the communication operation when the light emission unit is emitting the light, and

the light emission unit is a projector.

15. The portable electronic device according to claim 14, wherein the notification unit is at least one selected from the group consisting of a vibration motor, a light emitting diode other than a light source of the projector, and a speaker.

16. The portable electronic device according to claim 14, wherein the notification unit is at least one selected from the group consisting of a vibration motor, a light emitting diode, and a speaker.

17. The portable electronic device according to claim 14, wherein

the communication unit is configured to communicate with a base station, and

the control unit is configured to

prevent the communication unit from performing a communication with the base station during emission of the light from the light emission unit, to prevent a notification accompanied by the communication, and

cause, upon ending of the emission of the light, the communication unit to perform the communication with the base station, to check whether there was an incoming call to the portable electronic device while the communication unit was being prevented from performing the communication.

18. A portable electronic device, comprising:

a light emission unit configured to emit light;

a notification unit configured to perform a predetermined notification;

a control unit configured to control the light emission unit to emit the light and the notification unit to perform the predetermined notification according to a predetermined condition; and

a communication unit, wherein

the control unit is configured to determine whether or not a call is received by the communication unit,

upon the control unit determining that the call is received by the communication unit, the notification unit is configured to perform the predetermined notification in response to a reception of the call, and

when the light emission unit is emitting the light, and upon the control unit determining that the call is received by the communication unit, the control unit is configured to prevent the notification unit from performing the predetermined notification in response to the reception of the call.

19. A portable electronic device, comprising:

a light emission unit configured to emit light;

a communication unit; and

a control unit configured to control the light emission unit to emit the light and the communication unit to perform a communication operation, wherein

the control unit is configured to determine whether or not a call is received by the communication unit, and

when the light emission unit is emitting the light, and upon the control unit determining that the call is received by the communication unit, the control unit is configured to prevent the communication unit from performing the communication operation.