Electronic device, control method of electronic device, and program

• US 9,933,837 B2
• Filed: 09/07/2016
• Issued: 04/03/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/17/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (InterDigital, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Yamamoto, Kazuyuki
• Primary Examiner(s): CONNOLLY, MARK A
• Application Number:
  US15/258,511
• Publication Number:
  US 20170068302A1
• Time in Patent Office: 573 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01P 15/14 by making use of gyroscopes gyroscopes per se G01C19/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3231 Monitoring the presence, absence or movement of users
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3234 Power saving characterised by the action undertaken
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3262 Power saving in digitizer or tablet
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/044 by capacitive means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/045 using resistive elements, e.g. a single continuous surface or two parallel surfaces put in contact
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 using a radio link
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/12 Power saving techniques of remote control or controlled devices
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/32 Remote control based on movements, attitude of remote control device
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42202 environmental sensors, e.g. for detecting temperature, luminosity, pressure, earthquakes
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4436 Power management, e.g. shutting down unused components of the receiver power management in computer systems G06F1/3203; hibernate or awake process in computer systems G06F9/4418

Abstract

Aspects of the present invention include a device comprising a first sensor and a circuitry configured to detect a first user action and a second user action, the second user action being detected by the first sensor. The circuitry is further configured to designate a first mode based on the first user action and a second mode based on the second user action, the first mode and the second mode being power saving modes and the second mode is configured to save power consumed by the first sensor.

Claims

1. A device, comprising:

processing circuitry configured to;

detect a first user action, which is to rotate the device, based on a first sensor;

set an operation mode of the device to a first mode based on the detected first user action;

detect a second user action according to a second sensor; and

set the operation mode to a second mode based on the detected second user action, wherein

the first mode and the second mode are power saving modes, and

the second mode is configured to save power consumed by the second sensor.

2. The device according to claim 1, wherein the first sensor is an acceleration sensor.

3. The device according to claim 2, wherein the acceleration sensor is a piezoelectric-type sensor, a piezo resistance-type sensor or a capacitance-type sensor.

4. The device according to claim 1, wherein in the first mode, the device is muted.

5. The device according to claim 1, wherein the second mode is a sleep mode.

6. The device according to claim 1, wherein the second sensor detects the second user action when the device is rotated from the second state back to the first state.

7. A method, comprising:

detecting a first user action, which is to rotate a device, based on a first sensor;

setting, by processing circuitry of the device, an operation mode of the device to a first mode based on the detected first user action;

detect a second user action according to a second sensor of the device; and

setting, by the processing circuitry, the operation mode to a second mode based on the detected second user action, wherein

the first mode and the second mode are power saving modes, and

the second mode is configured to save power consumed by the second sensor.

8. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer executable instructions which, when executed by processing circuitry of a device, cause the device to:

detect a first user action, which is to rotate the device, based on a first sensor;

set an operation mode of the device to a first mode based on the detected first user action;

detect a second user action according to a second sensor; and

set the operation mode to a second mode based on the detected second user action, wherein

the first mode and the second mode are power saving modes, and

the second mode is configured to save power consumed by the second sensor.

9. A portable device, comprising:

an acceleration sensor;

a touch sensor; and

at least one circuitry configured to

detect a first user action, which is to rotate the device, based on the acceleration sensor;

set an operation mode of the device to a first mode based on the detected first user action;

detect a second user action based on the touch sensor;

set the operation mode to a second mode based on the detected second user action; and

deactivate the touch sensor in the second mode, wherein

the first and second modes are power saving modes.

10. The portable device according to the claim 9, further comprising communication circuitry configured to communicate with an external device, wherein

the at least one circuitry is configured to deactivate the communication circuitry when the operation mode is set to the second mode.