Mobile terminal device, notification method, and program

• US 9,078,233 B2
• Filed: 10/28/2011
• Issued: 07/07/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/28/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC CASIO Mobile Communications Limited (NEC Corporation)
• Inventors: Murakami, Togo
• Primary Examiner(s): Rego, Dominic E
• Application Number:
  US13/881,132
• Publication Number:
  US 20130210487A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,348 Days
• Field of Search: 455347-349, 455/550.1, 455/575.1, 455/575.4, 455/575.8, 455/90.3, 455/412.3, 455/414.1, 455/456.1, 361/616, 361/667, 361724-727, 361/769, 429/97, 429/100, 439/500
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72484 wherein functions are triggered by incoming communication events
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 68/02 Arrangements for increasing efficiency of notification or paging channel

Abstract

A mobile terminal device includes: an event detection unit that detects an occurrence of a predetermined event; a notification unit that makes a notification of the occurrence of the event to a user of the mobile terminal device; an operating unit that receives a response operation with respect to the notification performed by the user of the mobile terminal device; a movement cycle acquisition unit that acquires a pattern cycle of spatial movement of the mobile terminal device; and a learning unit that learns a notification timing and a notification time based on the pattern cycle and a result of whether the operating unit has received the response operation. The notification unit makes the notification based on the notification timing and the notification time learned by the learning unit.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal device comprising:

an event detection unit that detects an occurrence of a predetermined event;

a notification unit that makes a notification of the occurrence of the event to a user of the mobile terminal device;

an operating unit that receives a response operation with respect to the notification performed by the user of the mobile terminal device;

a movement cycle acquisition unit that acquires a pattern cycle of spatial movement of the mobile terminal device;

a learning unit that learns a notification timing and a notification time based on the pattern cycle and a result of whether the operating unit has received the response operation, the notification timing corresponding to a start timing of the notification, the notification time corresponding to a duration of the notification, the notification unit making the notification based on the notification timing and the notification time learned by the learning unit; and

a mode selection unit that selects either one of a random selection mode and a learning result use mode,

wherein the notification unit makes a notification based on a notification timing selected at random from a plurality of predetermined notification timings and a notification time selected at random from a plurality of predetermined notification times when the mode selection unit selects the random selection mode, and

the notification unit makes the notification based on a notification timing selected based on a selection probability set in accordance with the learning of the learning unit from a plurality of predetermined notification timings and a notification time selected based on a selection probability set in accordance with the learning of the learning unit from a plurality of predetermined notification times when the mode selection unit selects the learning result use mode.

2. The mobile terminal device according to claim 1, wherein, the learning unit increases, to a higher rate, a degree of changing a value of the selection probability according to a result of whether the operation unit has received the response operation when the mode selection unit selects the random selection mode than when the mode selection unit selects the learning result use mode.

3. The mobile terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the mode selection unit increases a probability of selecting the learning result use mode, as a learning degree indicated by a value of the selection probability progresses.

4. The mobile terminal device according to claim 1, further comprising:

an operation mode detection unit that detects an operation mode of the user of the mobile terminal device,

wherein the learning unit learns the notification timing and the notification time for each operation mode detected by the operation mode detection unit, and

the notification unit makes the notification based on the notification timing and the notification time selected according to the operation mode detected by the operation mode detection unit and the selection probability in the operation mode set in accordance with the learning of the learning unit.

5. A notification method comprising the step of:

detecting an occurrence of a predetermined event;

making a notification of the occurrence of the event to a user of a mobile terminal device;

receiving a response operation with respect to the notification performed by the user of the mobile terminal device;

acquiring a pattern cycle of spatial movement of the mobile terminal device;

learning a notification timing and a notification time based on the pattern cycle and a result of whether the response operation has been received, the notification timing corresponding to a start timing of the notification, the notification time corresponding to a duration of the notification, in the step of making the notification, the notification being made based on the notification timing and the notification time learned in the step of learning; and

selecting either one a random selection mode and a learning result use mode,

wherein, in the step of making the notification, the notification is made based on a notification timing selected at random from a plurality of predetermined notification timings and a notification time selected at random from a plurality of predetermined notification times when the random selection mode is selected in the step of selecting the mode, and

the notification is made based on a notification timing selected based on a selection probability set in accordance with the learning in the step of learning from a plurality of predetermined notification timings, and a notification time selected based on a selection probability set in accordance with the learning in the step of learning from a plurality of predetermined notification times when the learning result use mode is selected in the step of selecting the mode.

6. The notification method according to claim 5, wherein in the step of learning, a degree of changing a value of the selection probability according to a result of whether the response operation has been received is increased to a higher rate when the random selection mode is selected in the step of selecting the mode than when the learning result use mode is selected in the step of selecting the mode.

7. The notification method according to claim 5, further comprising the step of:

detecting an operation mode of the user of the mobile terminal device,

wherein, in the step of learning, the notification timing and the notification time are learned for each operation mode detected in the step of detecting the operation mode, and

in the step of making the notification, the notification is made based on the notification timing and the notification time selected according to the operation mode detected in the step of detecting the operation mode, and the selection probability in the operation mode set in accordance with the learning in the step of learning.

8. A computer readable non-transitory recording medium storing a program causing a mobile terminal device to execute the steps of:

detecting an occurrence of a predetermined event;

making a notification of the occurrence of the event to a user of the mobile terminal device;

receiving a response operation with respect to the notification performed by the user of the mobile terminal device;

acquiring a pattern cycle of spatial movement of the mobile terminal device; and

learning a notification timing and a notification time based on the pattern cycle and a result of whether the response operation has been received, the notification timing corresponding to a start timing of the notification, the notification time corresponding to a duration of the notification,

in the step of making the notification, the notification being made based on the notification timing and the notification time learned in the step of learning; and

selecting either one of a random selection mode and a learning result use mode,

wherein, in the step of making the notification, the notification is made based on a notification timing selected at random from a plurality of predetermined notification timing and a notification time selected at random from a plurality of predetermined notification times when the random selection mode is selected in the step of selecting the mode, and

the notification is made based on a notification timing selected based on a selection probability set in accordance with the learning in the step of learning from a plurality of predetermined notification times when the learning result use mode is selected in the step of selecting the mode.