Mobile device, and method and computer readable storage medium therefor

• US 9,364,752 B2
• Filed: 02/17/2012
• Issued: 06/14/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/19/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Azami, Toshihiro, Uchishima, Makoto, Jogo, Arata
• Primary Examiner(s): Fang, Keith
• Application Number:
  US13/399,349
• Publication Number:
  US 20120149395A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,579 Days
• Field of Search: 455/456.1, 455/456.2, 455/456.3, 455/456.4, 455/456.5, 455/456.6, 455/457
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/211 using inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers or gyroscopes
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/216 using geographical information, e.g. location of the game device or player using GPS
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/42 by mapping the input signals into game commands, e.g. mapping the displacement of a stylus on a touch screen to the steering angle of a virtual vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/44 involving timing of operations, e.g. performing an action within a time slot
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/46 Computing the game score
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/92 Video game devices specially adapted to be hand-held while playing
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/204 the platform being a handheld device
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/5573 player location

Abstract

A mobile device includes: a location detecting unit configured to detect a location of the mobile device; an operation instructing unit configured to instruct a user to perform a specific operation when the location detecting unit detects a specific location; an operation detecting unit configured to detect the specific operation of the user; a determining unit configured to determine whether the specific operation has been performed at the specific location; and a status changing unit configured to change a status of the mobile device when the determining unit determines that the specific operation has been performed at the specific location.

Claims

1. A mobile device comprising:

a processor configured to;

detect a first location of the mobile device;

determine whether the first location of the mobile device matches a specific location;

instruct a user to perform a specific operation when the first location matches the specific location;

detect an operation of the user after instructing the user to perform the specific operation;

determine whether the detected operation of the user matches the specific operation;

detect a second location of the mobile device when the detected operation matches the specific operation;

determine whether the second location matches the specific location; and

change a status of the mobile device when the second location of the mobile device matches the specific location.

2. The mobile device according to claim 1, wherein, the processor is further configured to:

determine whether the detected operation matches the specific operation based on a time elapsed since an instruction to perform the specific operation until the determination of a match between the detected operation and the specific operation.

3. The mobile device according to claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to detect an acceleration applied to the mobile device, to detect the operation of the user.

4. The mobile device according to claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to display the first location of the mobile device and the specific location simultaneously on a display unit, based on the first location of the mobile device detected and the specific location.

5. The mobile device according to claim 1, the processor is further configured to transmit, to a center, information about the first location of the mobile device detected, and receive, from the center, contents of the specific operation the user is to be instructed to perform.

6. The mobile device according to claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:

notify a center that the detected operation matches the specific operation and the second location of the mobile device matches the specific location, when the detected operation matches the specific operation and the second location of the mobile device matches the specific location; and

change the status of the mobile device, based on an instruction from the center.

9. The mobile device according to claim 1, wherein the specific operation is at least one of standing, sitting, standing up, sitting down, jumping, lifting the mobile device up or down, throwing the mobile device, catching the mobile device, and moving the mobile device from left to right.

7. A method comprising:

detecting a first location of a mobile device;

determining whether the first location of the mobile device matches a specific location;

instructing a user to perform a specific operation when the first location of the mobile device matches the specific location;

detecting an operation of the user after instructing the user to perform the specific operation;

determining whether the detected operation of the user matches the specific operation;

detecting a second location of the mobile device when the detected operation matches the specific operation;

determining whether the second location of the mobile device matches the specific location; and

changing a status of the mobile device, when the second location of the mobile device matches the specific location.

8. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for communications, the process comprising:

detecting a first location of a mobile device;

determining whether the first location of the mobile device matches a specific location;

instructing a user to perform a specific operation when the first location of the mobile device matches the specific location;

detecting an operation of the user after instructing the user to perform the instructed operation;

determining whether the detected operation of the user matches the specific operation;

detecting a second location of the mobile device when the detected operation matches the specific operation;

determining whether the second location of the mobile device matches the specific location; and

changing a status of the mobile device, when the second location of the mobile device matches the specific location.