Mobile terminal device

• US 9,621,700 B2
• Filed: 06/25/2015
• Issued: 04/11/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/25/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: Moriai, Shinsuke, Narita, Masahiro, Miki, Yasuhiro, Kawauchi, Toshikazu, Inukai, Tsuneyasu, Nade, Toshiaki
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Simon
• Application Number:
  US14/750,908
• Publication Number:
  US 20150296065A1
• Time in Patent Office: 656 Days
• Field of Search: 4554121-413, 455415-417, 455466, 4554141
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0202 Portable telephone sets, e.g. cordless phones, mobile phones or bar type handsets constructional features of telephone transmitters or receivers, e.g. of speakers or microphones H04M1/03
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0206 Portable telephones comprising a plurality of mechanically joined movable body parts, e.g. hinged housings
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/64 Automatic arrangements for answering calls; Automatic arrangements for recording messages for absent subscribers; Arrangements for recording conversations centralised dictation systems H04M11/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/38 Displays
• 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: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

A mobile terminal device is disclosed. The device includes a display module, a communication module, a sound input module, a sound output module, a hold detection module and a control module. The communication module is configured to receive an incoming call. The sound input module is configured to receive sound from a user. The sound output module is configured to output sound of the call. The hold detection module is configured to detect that the mobile terminal device is held. The control module is configured to perform a process of notifying the caller that the user cannot take the call when the communication module receives an incoming call, the hold detection module detects that the mobile terminal device is held and then the hold detection module detects that the mobile terminal device is not held.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal device, comprising:

a display;

a receiver configured to receive an incoming call from a caller;

a sound input configured to receive sound from a user;

a sound output configured to output sound of the call;

a hold detector configured to detect when the mobile terminal device is being held; and

at least one processor configured to, in a case in which the receiver receives an incoming call, when the hold detector detects that the mobile terminal device is held and then the mobile terminal device is subsequently no longer held, perform a process of notifying the caller that the user cannot take the call.

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

when the hold detector detects that the mobile terminal device is not being held upon arrival of the incoming call, bring the display into a non-displayed state; and

,

after that, when the hold detector detects that the mobile terminal device is held, bring the display into a displayed state.

3. The mobile terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

when the hold detector detects that the mobile terminal device is not being held upon arrival of the incoming call, cause the display to display a first incoming call screen that does not identify the caller; and

,

after that, when the hold detector detects that the mobile terminal device is held, cause the display to display a second incoming call screen that identifies the caller.

4. The mobile terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

when the hold detector detects that the mobile terminal device is not being held upon arrival of the incoming call, start notification of the arrival of the incoming call; and

,

after that, when the hold detector detects that the mobile terminal device is held, stop the notification.

5. The mobile terminal device according to claim 1, further comprising a casing with a front surface, a back surface, and a plurality of side surfaces,

wherein

the display is provided on the front surface of the casing,

a corner portion of the casing is formed as a curved surface by the back surface and a first side surface, and

the hold detector is disposed at the corner portion.

6. The mobile terminal device according to claim 5, wherein

the casing has a left side surface, a right side surface, an upper side surface, and a lower side surface, and

the hold detector is disposed at the corner portion at the end of the lower side surface side of at least one of the right side surface and the left side surface.

7. The mobile terminal device according to claim 5, wherein

the hold detector is disposed to extend over the first side surface and a second side surface connected to the first side surface of the casing,

a radio wave transmission/reception antenna configured to transmit and receive radio waves is disposed on the second side surface side of the casing, and

the hold detector is disposed within a range of the second side surface not overlapping the radio wave transmission/reception antenna in a direction vertical to the second side surface.

8. The mobile terminal device according to claim 5, wherein the hold detector is disposed at the corner portion at a predetermined spacing from a flat surface connected to the corner portion on the back surface in a direction vertical to the flat surface.

9. The mobile terminal device according to claim 5, wherein

the casing includes a container configured to contain the display and a cover configured to protect the container from the outside,

the hold detector includes a first antenna configured to transmit radio waves and a second antenna configured to detect an electric field generated by the radio waves transmitted from the first antenna, and

the first antenna and the second antenna are stuck to the cover.

10. The mobile terminal device according to claim 1, further comprising a proximity detector configured to detect when the user moves the mobile terminal device close to the user, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to, in the case in which the receiver receives the incoming call, when the hold detector detects that the mobile terminal device is being held and the proximity detector detects that the user has moved the mobile terminal device close to the user, answer the incoming call and execute a call process.

11. The mobile terminal device according to claim 10, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

when the hold detector detects that the mobile terminal device is being held and the proximity detector detects that the user has moved the mobile terminal device close to the user, bring the display into a non-displayed state; and

,

when the proximity detector detects that the user moves the mobile terminal device away from the user while the display is in the non-displayed state, bring the display into a displayed state.

12. The mobile terminal device according to claim 10, wherein

the the receiver comprises a transceiver configured to transmit sound received by the sound input to the caller, and

the at least one processor is further configured to, after start of the call,

when the proximity detector detects that the user moves the mobile terminal device away from the user, stop transmission of the sound received by the sound input, and

when the proximity detector detects that the user moves the mobile terminal device close to the user while the transmission of the sound is stopped, restart the transmission of the sound.

13. The mobile terminal device according to claim 10, wherein, when the hold detection module does not detect that the mobile terminal device is held upon arrival of the incoming call, the control module brings the display module into the non-displayed state, and after that, when the hold detection module detects that the mobile terminal device is held, the control module brings the display module into the displayed state.

14. The mobile terminal device according to claim 10, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

when the hold detector detects that the mobile terminal device is not being held upon arrival of the incoming call, cause the display to display a first incoming call screen that does not identify the caller; and

,

after that, when the hold detector detects that the mobile terminal device is held, cause the display to display a second incoming call screen that identifies the caller.

15. The mobile terminal device according to claim 10, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

when the hold detector detects that the mobile terminal device is not being held upon arrival of the incoming call, start notification of the arrival of the incoming call; and

,

after that, when the hold detector detects that the mobile terminal device is held, stop the notification.

16. The mobile terminal device according to claim 10, further comprising a casing with a front surface, a back surface, and a plurality of side surfaces,

wherein

the display is provided on the front surface of the casing,

a corner portion of the casing is formed as a curved surface by the back surface and a first side surface, and

the hold detector is disposed at the corner portion.

17. The mobile terminal device according to claim 16, wherein

the casing has a left side surface, a right side surface, an upper side surface, and a lower side surface, and

the hold detector is disposed at the corner portion at the end of the lower side surface side of at least one of the right side surface and the left side surface.

18. The mobile terminal device according to claim 16, wherein

the hold detector is disposed to extend over the first side surface and a second side surface connected to the first side surface of the casing,

a radio wave transmission/reception antenna configured to transmit and receive radio waves is disposed on the second side surface side of the casing and

the hold detector is disposed within a range of the second side surface not overlapping the radio wave transmission/reception antenna in a direction vertical to the second side surface.

19. The mobile terminal device according to claim 16,

wherein the hold detection module is disposed at the corner portion at a predetermined spacing from a flat surface connected to the corner portion on the back surface in a direction vertical to the flat surface.

20. The mobile terminal device according to claim 16, wherein

the casing includes a container configured to contain the display and a cover configured to protect the container from the outside,

the hold detector includes a first antenna configured to transmit radio waves and a second antenna configured to detect an electric field generated by the radio waves transmitted from the first antenna, and

the first antenna and the second antenna are stuck to the cover.