MOBILE TERMINAL AND LOCKED STATE CANCELLING METHOD

• US 20120190336A1
• Filed: 01/24/2012
• Published: 07/26/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/25/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: NAKAO, Masayoshi
• Granted Patent: US 8,503,982 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/411
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/67 by electronic means
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/677 Preventing the dialling or sending of predetermined telephone numbers or selected types of telephone numbers, e.g. long distance numbers
• 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: H04W 12/08 Access security

Abstract

A mobile phone apparatus is provided with an accelerometer for detecting an attitude and a display for displaying a moving object. Furthermore, a key locked state is set to the mobile phone apparatus for the purpose of preventing an operating error in the key. When an arbitrary key is operated in the key locked state, the moving object and a pocket object representing a predetermined area, etc. are displayed on the display. Then, when the moving object changes in position in correspondence with the change of the attitude of the mobile phone apparatus and is put into the pocket object, the key locked state is cancelled.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal capable of setting a locked state and having a detector to detect an attitude and a displayer to display a moving object on a screen, comprising:

a setter which sets a predetermined area on said screen;

a changer which changes an on-screen position of said moving object on the basis of changes of the attitude detected by said detector;

a determiner which determines whether or not said on-screen position of said moving object and said predetermined area have a predetermined relationship; and

a canceller which cancels the locked state when said determiner determines that said on-screen position of said moving object and said predetermined area have said predetermined relationship.

2. A mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein

said determiner determines that said moving object and said predetermined area have said predetermined relationship when said on-screen position of said moving object enters said predetermined area.

3. A mobile terminal according to claim 2, wherein

said setter includes a first setter which sets a first predetermined area and a second setter which sets a second predetermined area, and

said determiner determines that said moving object and said predetermined area have said predetermined relationship when said on-screen position of said moving object enters said first predetermined area and said second predetermined area.

4. A mobile terminal according to claim 3, wherein

said second setter sets said second predetermined area when said on-screen position of said moving object enters said first predetermined area.

5. A mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein

said determiner determines that said moving object and said predetermined area have said predetermined relationship when said moving object crosses said predetermined area.

6. A mobile terminal according to claim 1, further comprising:

a calculator which calculates a moving velocity of said moving object when said on-screen position of said moving object changes, wherein

said determiner determines whether or not said moving object and said predetermined area have a predetermined relationship when the moving velocity calculated by said calculator is equal to or more than a predetermined value.

7. A mobile terminal according to claim 1, further comprising:

a recorder which records a moving path when said on-screen position of said moving object is changed by said changer, wherein

said determiner determines that said on-screen position of said moving object and said predetermined area have said predetermined relationship when the moving path recorded by said recorder is included said predetermined area.

8. A locked state cancelling method of a mobile terminal capable of setting a locked state and having a detector to detect an attitude and a displayer to display a moving object on a screen, comprising:

setting a predetermined area on said screen;

changing an on-screen position of said moving object on the basis of changes of the attitude detected by said detector;

determining whether or not said on-screen position of said moving object and said predetermined area have a predetermined relationship; and

cancelling the locked state when said determiner determines that said on-screen position of said moving object and said predetermined area have said predetermined relationship.