Mobile electronic device, control method, and computer program

• US 9,992,325 B2
• Filed: 04/24/2015
• Issued: 06/05/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/25/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: Watanabe, Kouji, Miura, Saya, Mizuno, Shinya
• Primary Examiner(s): TRAN, PABLO N
• Application Number:
  US15/306,473
• Publication Number:
  US 20170048382A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,138 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/00 Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers subscriber services or facilities provided at exchanges H04M3/00; prepayment telephone coin boxes H04M17/00; current supply arrangements H04M19/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 19/04 the ringing-current being generated at the substations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 19/047 Vibrating means for incoming calls
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 19/048 Arrangements providing optical indication of the incoming call, e.g. flasher circuits

Abstract

A mobile electronic device according to an embodiment includes an annunciator that performs notification about an event, and a controller that causes the annunciator to perform the notification about the event when a lifting operation that lifts the mobile electronic device has been detected. A mobile electronic device includes an annunciator performing notification about an event, and a controller causing the annunciator to perform the notification about the event when it is detected that the mobile electronic device has made a transition to a handheld state.

Claims

1. A mobile electronic device, comprising:

a motion detector configured to detect motion of the mobile electronic device;

an annunciator configured to perform notification about an event; and

a controller configured to control the annunciator to perform the notification about the event, wherein

the controller is configured to detect, based on a first condition of a detected value detected by the motion detector, a lifting operation that lifts the mobile electronic device,

the controller is configured to detect, based on a second condition of the detected value, a transition of the mobile electronic device to a handheld state, wherein the second condition is different from the first condition, and

the controller is configured to control the annunciator to perform the notification about the event in response to a detection of the second condition after occurrence of the first condition.

2. The mobile electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to control the annunciator to perform notification about event again for which an operation responding to the notification has not been detected although having been notified by the annunciator when the lifting operation has been detected.

3. The mobile electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to control the annunciator to perform notification through sound or vibration when the lifting operation has been detected.

5. The mobile electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the annunciator is configured to generate sound to perform the notification about the event.

6. The mobile electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the annunciator is configured to generate light to perform the notification about the event.

7. The mobile electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the annunciator is configured to generate vibration to perform the notification about the event.

8. The mobile electronic device according to claim 2, wherein a manner of notification in which the annunciator performs the notification about the event again is different from a manner of notification in which the annunciator performs the notification about the event when the event occurs.

9. The mobile electronic device according to claim 2, wherein the controller is configured to control the annunciator to perform the notification about the event again in response to a transition of the mobile electronic device from a state other than a stationary state to the handheld state.

4. A control method for a mobile electronic device, the control method comprising:

detecting, by a motion detector of the mobile electronic device, motion of the mobile electronic device;

detecting, based on a first condition of a detected value detected by the motion detector, a lifting operation that lifts the mobile electronic device;

detecting, based on a second condition of the detected value, a transition of the mobile electronic device to a handheld state, wherein the second condition is different from the first condition; and

performing notification about an event in response to a detection of the second condition after occurrence of the first condition.

10. A mobile electronic device, comprising:

a motion detector configured to detect motion of the mobile electronic device;

an annunciator configured to perform notification; and

a controller configured to

detect, based on a first condition of the detected value detected by the motion detector, a lifting operation that lifts the mobile electronic device, and

detect, based on a second condition of the detected value detected by the motion detector, a handheld state of the mobile electronic device, wherein the second condition is different from the first condition,

wherein the controller is configured to control the annunciator to

perform a notification about an event in response to an occurrence of the event,

after the notification about the event has been performed but an operation responding to the notification has not been detected, perform a first re-notification about the event in response to a detection of the lifting operation, and

after the first re-notification about the event has been performed but an operation responding to the first re-notification has not been detected, perform a second re-notification about the event in response to a detection of the handheld state after the detection of the lifting operation.

11. The mobile electronic device according to claim 10, wherein a manner of notification in which the annunciator performs the first or second re-notification is different from a manner of notification in which the annunciator performs the notification.

12. The mobile electronic device according to claim 10, wherein the controller is further configured to

detect, based on a third condition of the detected value detected by the motion detector, a stationary state of the mobile electronic device, wherein the third condition is different from the first and second conditions, and

after the notification about the event has been performed but an operation responding to the notification has not been detected, control the annunciator to perform a re-notification about the event in response to a detection of a transition of the mobile electronic device from a state other than the stationary state to the handheld state.