Mobile terminal, report control method, and report system

• US 9,258,403 B2
• Filed: 08/27/2014
• Issued: 02/09/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/27/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Omron Corporation
• Original Assignee: Omron Automotive Electronics Company Limited (Nidec Corporation)
• Inventors: Tomita, Yosuke, Takizawa, Koji
• Primary Examiner(s): LEE, SIU M
• Application Number:
  US14/470,692
• Publication Number:
  US 20150065079A1
• Time in Patent Office: 531 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3883 Arrangements for mounting batteries or battery chargers
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/72 for local intradevice communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/79 for data transfer in combination with power transfer
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72421 with automatic activation of emergency service functions, e.g. upon sensing an alarm
• 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 4/48 for in-vehicle communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]

Abstract

The mobile terminal adequately reports when the mobile terminal receives an impact due to an accident of a vehicle. When it is determined in step S1 that the mobile terminal is set on a charge pad and it is determined in step S2 that the mobile terminal is set to a normal mode, the mobile terminal is set to an automatic report mode in step S3. Meanwhile, when it is determined in step S1 that the mobile terminal is not set on the charge pad and it is determined in step S6 that the mobile terminal is set to the automatic report mode, and when a timeout time is set in step S7 and it is determined in step S10 that the timeout time passes, the mobile terminal is set to the normal mode in step S11.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal which can be charged by a charging device provided in a vehicle, the mobile terminal comprising:

a set detecting unit which detects whether or not the mobile terminal is set on the charging device;

an impact detecting unit which detects an impact on the mobile terminal; and

a report unit which reports when the set detecting unit detects that the mobile terminal is set on the charging device and the impact detecting unit detects the impact, or when the set detecting unit detects that the mobile terminal is set on the charging device and then detects that the mobile terminal is not set on the charging device and the impact detecting unit detects the impact until a predetermined time passes.

2. The mobile terminal according to claim 1, further comprising a communication unit which performs near field communication with the charging device, wherein

the charging device wirelessly charges the mobile terminal, and

the set detecting unit detects whether or not the mobile terminal is set on the charging device based on a state of the near field communication between the communication unit and the charging device.

3. The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the report unit reports in a state where an application program which reports is activated.

4. The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the report unit reports to a predetermined report destination through a mobile communication network.

5. The mobile terminal according to claim 2, wherein the report unit reports in a state where an application program which reports is activated.

6. The mobile terminal according to claim 2, wherein the report unit reports to a predetermined report destination through a mobile communication network.

7. The mobile terminal according to claim 3, wherein the report unit reports to a predetermined report destination through a mobile communication network.

8. A report control method of a mobile terminal which can be charged by a charging device provided in a vehicle, the report control method comprising:

set detecting step of detecting whether or not the mobile terminal is set on the charging device;

impact detecting step of detecting an impact on the mobile terminal; and

reporting step of reporting when it is detected that the mobile terminal is set on the charging device and the impact on the mobile terminal is detected, or when it is detected that the mobile terminal is set on the charging device, then it is detected that the mobile terminal is not set on the charging device and the impact on the mobile terminal is detected until a predetermined time passes.

9. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer readable program code, which when executed by a mobile terminal which can be charged by a charging device provided in a vehicle and which can detect an impact, the program causes the mobile terminal to:

set detecting step of detecting whether or not the mobile terminal is set on the charging device; and

report controlling step of reporting when it is detected that the mobile terminal is set on the charging device and the impact on the mobile terminal is detected, or when it is detected that the mobile terminal is set on the charging device, then it is detected that the mobile terminal is not set on the charging device and the impact on the mobile terminal is detected until a predetermined time passes.

10. A report system comprising:

a mobile terminal; and

a charging device which can charge the mobile terminal and which is provided in a vehicle, wherein

the mobile terminal includes;

a set detecting unit which detects whether or not the mobile terminal is set on the charging device;

an impact detecting unit which detects an impact on the mobile terminal; and

a report unit which reports when the set detecting unit detects that the mobile terminal is set on the charging device and the impact detecting unit detects the impact, or when the set detecting unit detects that the mobile terminal is set on the charging device and then detects that the mobile terminal is not set on the charging device and the impact detecting unit detects the impact until a predetermined time passes, and

the charging device includes a charge unit which charges the mobile terminal.

11. The report system according to claim 10, wherein

the mobile terminal further includes a first communication unit which can perform near field communication with the charging device,

the charging device further includes a second communication unit which can perform near field communication with the first communication unit,

the set detecting unit detects whether or not the mobile terminal is set on the charging device based on a state of the near field communication between the first communication unit and the second communication unit, and

the charge unit wirelessly charges the mobile terminal.