Mobile electronic device and method

• US 9,699,616 B2
• Filed: 11/05/2015
• Issued: 07/04/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/25/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: Nomachi, Nayu
• Primary Examiner(s): Figueroa, Marisol
• Application Number:
  US14/934,027
• Publication Number:
  US 20160057584A1
• Time in Patent Office: 607 Days
• Field of Search: 4554561-457
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/20 Instruments for performing navigational calculations G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2745 using static electronic memories, e.g. chips
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/10 including a GPS signal receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/026 using orientation information, e.g. compass
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

A mobile electronic device includes a detector unit configured to detect a position and an orientation of the mobile electronic device and a control unit. The control unit monitors the orientation of the mobile electronic device for a predetermined period when the control unit detects a change of the orientation of the mobile electronic device from a former orientation. The control unit determines that a corner is detected when the mobile electronic device does not return to the former orientation within the predetermined period, and determines that the corner is not detected when the mobile electronic device returns to the former orientation within the predetermined period.

Claims

1. A mobile electronic device, comprising:

a detector unit configured to

detect a position and an orientation of the mobile electronic device, and

monitor the orientation of the mobile electronic device for a predetermined period when the detector unit detects a change of the orientation of the mobile electronic device from a former orientation; and

a control unit configured to

determine that a corner is detected when the mobile electronic device does not return to the former orientation within the predetermined period, and

determine that the corner is not detected when the mobile electronic device returns to the former orientation within the predetermined period.

2. The mobile electronic device according to claim 1, wherein

the control unit is configured to start generating mark information, which indicates a moving route of the mobile electronic device, at each predetermined time interval or at each predetermined movement, when the corner is detected.

3. The mobile electronic device according to claim 1, wherein

the control unit is configured to start generating mark information, which indicates a moving route of the mobile electronic device, at each predetermined time interval or at each predetermined movement, when the corner is detected, and

the mark information includes information which indicates a user of the mobile electronic device turns a corner.

4. The mobile electronic device according to claim 1, wherein

the control unit includes a processor.

5. A mobile electronic device, comprising:

a detector unit configured to detect a position of the mobile electronic device;

a distance detector unit configured to detect a distance from the mobile electronic device to a terminal associated with the mobile electronic device; and

a control unit configured to

generate mark information, which indicates a moving route of the mobile electronic device, based on the position of the mobile electronic device detected at each predetermined distance interval or at each predetermined time interval,

start generation of the mark information when the detected distance becomes longer than a first threshold, and

stop the generation of the mark information when the detected distance becomes shorter than a second threshold.

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

the control unit includes a processor.

7. A method executed by a mobile electronic device, the mobile electronic device including a detector unit and a control unit, the method comprising:

detecting, by the detector unit, a position and an orientation of the mobile electronic device;

monitoring, by the detector unit, the orientation of the mobile electronic device for a predetermined period when a change of the orientation of the mobile electronic device from a former orientation is detected;

determining, by the control unit, that a corner is detected when the mobile electronic device does not return to the former orientation within the predetermined period; and

determining, by the control unit, that the corner is not detected when the mobile electronic device returns to the former orientation within the predetermined period.

8. A method executed by a mobile electronic device, the mobile electronic device including a detector unit, a distance detector unit, and a control unit, the method comprising:

detecting, by the detector unit, a position of the mobile electronic device;

detecting, by the distance detector unit, a distance from the mobile electronic device to a terminal associated with the mobile electronic device; and

generating, by the control unit, mark information, which indicates a moving route of the mobile electronic device, based on the position of the mobile electronic device detected at each predetermined distance interval or at each predetermined time interval, wherein

generation of the mark information is started when the detected distance becomes longer than a first threshold, and

the generation of the mark information is stopped when the detected distance becomes shorter than a second threshold.