Information communication terminal, information processing method and information processing program

• US 20070173291A1
• Filed: 12/20/2006
• Published: 07/26/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Morotomi, Shiro
• Application Number:
  US11/641,887
• Publication Number:
  US 20070173291A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/566
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/22 Illumination; Arrangements for improving the visibility of characters on dials

Abstract

Disclosed herein is an information communication terminal including: a light emitting section configured to emit light in accordance with an operation carried out by said information communication terminal; a state detection section configured to detect an operating state of said information communication terminal; and a control section configured to execute control of changing the state of emission of said light emitted by said light emitting section on the basis of said operating state detected by said state detection section.

Claims

1. An information communication terminal comprising:

a light emitting unit configured to emit light in accordance with an operation carried out by said information communication terminal;

a state detection unit configured to detect an operating state of said information communication terminal; and

a control unit configured to execute control of changing the state of emission of said light emitted by said light emitting unit on the basis of said operating state detected by said state detection unit.

2. The information communication terminal according to claim 1 wherein

said control unit changes the luminance of light emitted by said light emitting unit on the basis of said operating state of said information communication terminal.

3. The information communication terminal according to claim 2 wherein

said control unit controls the luminance of light emitted by said light emitting unit by increasing said luminance from a first light emission luminance value to a second light emission luminance value greater than said first light emission luminance value over a predetermined period of time.

4. The information communication terminal according to claim 3 wherein,

after the luminance of light emitted by said light emitting unit is increased to said second light emission luminance value in accordance with said control of said luminance over said predetermined period of time, said control unit drives said light emitting unit to transmit light at said first light emission luminance value over another predetermined period following said predetermined period of time.

5. The information communication terminal according to claim 4 wherein

said control unit controls the luminance of light emitted by said light emitting unit periodically by gradually increasing at least one of said predetermined period of time and said other predetermined period.

6. The information communication terminal according to claim 2 wherein

said control unit controls the luminance of light emitted by said light emitting unit by decreasing said luminance from a first light emission luminance value to a second light emission luminance value smaller than said first light emission luminance value over a predetermined period of time.

7. The information communication terminal according to claim 6 wherein,

after the luminance of light emitted by said light emitting unit is decreased to said second light emission luminance value in accordance with said control of said luminance over said predetermined period of time, said control unit drives said light emitting unit to transmit light at said first light emission luminance value over another predetermined period following said predetermined period of time.

8. The information communication terminal according to claim 7 wherein said control unit controls the luminance of light emitted by said light emitting unit periodically by gradually decreasing at least one of said predetermined period of time and said other predetermined period.

9. The information communication terminal according to claim 1 wherein

said control unit changes the light emission period of light emitted by said light emitting unit on the basis of said operating state of said information communication terminal.

10. The information communication terminal according to claim 9 wherein

said control unit controls the light emission period of light emitted by said light emitting unit by gradually decreasing said light emission period.

11. The information communication terminal according to claim 9 wherein said control unit controls the light emission period of light emitted by said light emitting unit by gradually increasing said light emission period.

12. The information communication terminal according to claim 1 wherein

said operating state of said information communication terminal is a state of transmitting data from said information communication terminal or receiving data transmitted to said information communication terminal.

13. The information communication terminal according to claim 1 wherein said light emitting unit emits light through a light guide tube.

14. An information processing method comprising the steps of:

detecting an operating state of an information communication terminal; and

executing control to change the state of emission of light emitted by a light emitting unit employed in said information communication terminal on the basis of said operating state detected at said operation-state detecting step.

15. A recording medium used for recording a computer-readable program to be executed by a computer to carry out processing comprising the steps of:

detecting an operating state of an information communication terminal; and

executing control to change the state of emission of light emitted by light emitting unit employed in said information communication terminal on the basis of said operating state detected at said operation-state detecting step.

16. An information communication terminal comprising:

light emitting means configured to emit light in accordance with an operation carried out by said information communication terminal;

state detection means configured to detect an operating state of said information communication terminal; and

control means configured to execute control of changing the state of emission of said light emitted by said light emitting means on the basis of said operating state detected by said state detection means.