JP2014078809A - Electronic apparatus, control method and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electronic apparatus, a control method, and a program that perform control to restrict functions under a certain condition so as not to cause wasteful power consumption in a state in which the electronic apparatus is connected with an external apparatus by using an external interface 14.SOLUTION: An electronic apparatus comprises: an external interface 14 that employs a signal transmission standard in accordance with a prescribed standard and is connected with an external apparatus; a notification unit 21; and a control unit 23 performs control to restrict notification by the notification unit 21, transmit a signal indicating existence of call incoming to the external apparatus via the external interface 14, and gets the external apparatus to perform notification according to the call incoming if there is an incoming call in a state in which the external interface 14 is connected with the external apparatus.

Description

  The present invention relates to an electronic device having a connection unit connected to an external device, and a control method and program for controlling the electronic device.

The HDMI (registered trademark) standard exists as an interface for connecting a portable terminal or the like to a television.
When a mobile terminal or the like and a TV are connected by an interface that adopts the HDMI standard, for example, content stored in the mobile terminal or the like can be transmitted to the TV and the content can be displayed on the TV. (For example, see Patent Document 1).

In recent years, there is also an MHL (registered trademark) standard based on the HDMI standard.
MHL is an interface standard for high-speed video transmission for portable terminals. MHL can transmit video data of 30 fps at 30 fps to a television with three terminals without being compressed, with a horizontal resolution of 1080p. Actually, MHL uses a USB connector having five terminals.

  In this way, when MHL is adopted, there is an advantage that it can be connected to a television using a USB connector which is a general-purpose connector.

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  By the way, in a state where the mobile terminal and the TV are connected by an interface conforming to the MHL standard or the like, for example, when the mobile terminal receives an incoming call or the like, the user is made to recognize that it has received an incoming call on the TV side. It may be easy.

  The present invention provides an electronic device, a control method, and a program for controlling functions so as not to generate useless power consumption under a certain condition while being connected to an external device using an external interface. For the purpose.

  The electronic device according to the present invention conforms to a predetermined signal transmission standard, and receives an incoming call in a state in which the connection unit connected to the external device, the notification unit, and the connection unit are connected to the external device. If there is an alarm, the notification by the notification unit is suppressed, a signal indicating that there is an incoming call is transmitted to the external device via the connection unit, and the notification according to the incoming call is performed by the external device. The control part which comprises.

  The electronic device includes an acceleration sensor unit, and the control unit receives a detection value greater than or equal to a predetermined value from the acceleration sensor unit when there is an incoming call in a state where the connection unit is connected to the external device. When not output, the structure which suppresses the alerting | reporting by the said alerting | reporting part may be sufficient.

  In the electronic device, the notification unit is a vibrator that performs notification by vibration, and the control unit detects the acceleration sensor unit when there is an incoming call in a state where the connection unit is connected to the external device. If a detected value equal to or greater than a predetermined value is not output, the vibrator may be configured to suppress vibrations.

  The electronic device includes a storage unit storing a plurality of applications, and the control unit is running a predetermined application when there is an incoming call in a state where the connection unit is connected to the external device. In this case, a configuration in which notification by the notification unit is not suppressed may be used.

  In the electronic device, when the incoming call is received in a state where the connection unit is connected to the external device and the power source of the external device is turned off, the control unit The structure which does not suppress alerting | reporting may be sufficient.

  In the control method according to the present invention, when there is an incoming call in a state where the connection unit conforming to the predetermined signal transmission standard is connected to the external device conforming to the predetermined signal transmission standard. In addition, a control step for suppressing notification by the notification unit, and a control for transmitting a signal indicating that there is an incoming call to the external device via the connection unit and performing notification according to the incoming call by the external device. And a process.

  The program according to the present invention is provided when an incoming call is received in a state in which a connection unit conforming to a predetermined signal transmission standard is connected to an external device conforming to the predetermined signal transmission standard. A control step for suppressing notification by the notification unit, and a control step for transmitting a signal indicating that there is an incoming call to the external device via the connection unit and performing notification according to the incoming call by the external device. Are to be executed by a computer.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, in the state connected with the external apparatus using an external interface, it can control so that a function may be suppressed under fixed conditions and useless power consumption may not be produced.

It is a perspective view which shows the external appearance of the smart phone which concerns on embodiment. It is a rear view which shows the external appearance of the smart phone which concerns on embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a smart phone. It is a figure which shows a mode that the external apparatus and the smart phone are connected with the cable. It is a figure which shows the structure of a cable. It is a figure which shows typically a mode that the information of an incoming call is displayed on the display of an external apparatus. It is a flowchart with which it uses for description about the operation | movement of a smart phone.

  Embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Below, a smart phone is demonstrated as an example of an electronic device.

  The external appearance of the smartphone 1 according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the smartphone 1 has a housing 20. The housing 20 includes a front face 1A, a back face 1B, and side faces 1C1 to 1C4. The front face 1 </ b> A is the front of the housing 20. The back face 1 </ b> B is the back surface of the housing 20. The side faces 1C1 to 1C4 are side surfaces that connect the front face 1A and the back face 1B. Hereinafter, the side faces 1C1 to 1C4 may be collectively referred to as the side face 1C without specifying which face.

  The smartphone 1 includes a touch screen display 2, buttons 3A to 3C, an illuminance sensor 4, a proximity sensor 5, a receiver 7, a microphone 8, and a camera 12 on the front face 1A. The smartphone 1 has a camera 13 on the back face 1B. The smartphone 1 has buttons 3D to 3F and an external interface 14 on the side face 1C. Hereinafter, the buttons 3A to 3F may be collectively referred to as the button 3 without specifying which button.

  The touch screen display 2 includes a display 2A and a touch screen 2B. The display 2A includes a display device such as a liquid crystal display (Liquid Crystal Display), an organic EL panel (Organic Electro-Luminescence panel), or an inorganic EL panel (Inorganic Electro-Luminescence panel). The display 2A displays characters, images, symbols, graphics, and the like.

  The touch screen 2B detects contact of a finger, a stylus pen, or the like with respect to the touch screen display 2. The touch screen 2B can detect a position where a plurality of fingers, a stylus pen, or the like is in contact with the touch screen display 2.

  The detection method of the touch screen 2B may be any method such as a capacitance method, a resistive film method, a surface acoustic wave method (or an ultrasonic method), an infrared method, an electromagnetic induction method, and a load detection method. Hereinafter, for the sake of simplicity of explanation, a finger that the touch screen 2B detects contact with the touch screen display 2 or a stylus pen or the like may be simply referred to as a “finger”.

  The smartphone 1 determines the type of gesture based on the contact, contact position, contact time, or number of contacts detected by the touch screen 2B. The gesture is an operation performed on the touch screen display 2. The gesture discriminated by the smartphone 1 includes touch, long touch, release, swipe, tap, double tap, long tap, drag, flick, pinch in, pinch out, and the like.

  The smartphone 1 operates according to these gestures that are determined via the touch screen 2B. Therefore, operability that is intuitive and easy to use for the user is realized. The operation performed by the smartphone 1 according to the determined gesture differs depending on the screen displayed on the touch screen display 2.

  The button 3 is operated by the user. The button 3 includes buttons 3A to 3F. The controller 10 detects an operation on the button by cooperating with the button 3. The operation on the button is, for example, click, double click, push, and multi-push.

  For example, the buttons 3A to 3C are a home button, a back button, or a menu button. For example, the button 3D is a power ON / OFF button of the smartphone 1. The button 3D may also serve as a sleep / sleep release button. For example, the buttons 3E and 3F are volume buttons.

  The illuminance sensor 4 detects illuminance. For example, the illuminance is light intensity, brightness, luminance, or the like. The illuminance sensor 4 is used for adjusting the luminance of the display 2A, for example.

  The proximity sensor 5 detects the presence of a nearby object without contact. The proximity sensor 5 detects that the touch screen display 2 is brought close to the face, for example.

  The receiver 7 outputs the audio signal transmitted from the controller 10 as audio. The microphone 8 converts the voice of the user or the like into a voice signal and transmits it to the controller 10. The smartphone 1 may further include a speaker in addition to the receiver 7. The smartphone 1 may further include a speaker instead of the receiver 7.

  The camera 12 is an in-camera that captures an object facing the front face 1A. The camera 13 is an out camera that captures an object facing the back face 1B.

  The external interface (connection unit) 14 is a terminal to which another device is connected. The external interface 14 is a general-purpose terminal such as a universal serial bus (USB), a high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI), a mobile high-definition link (MHL), a light peak (thunderbolt), and an earphone microphone connector. Also good. The external interface 14 may be a dedicated terminal such as a dock connector.

  The smartphone 1 according to the present embodiment controls the function under certain conditions and prevents unnecessary power consumption in a state where the smartphone 1 is connected to an external device using the external interface 14. A specific configuration will be described below.

As illustrated in FIG. 3, the smartphone 1 includes an external interface 14, a notification unit 21, a communication unit 22, and a control unit 23.
The external interface 14 conforms to a predetermined signal transmission standard (video signal and audio signal transmission standard) and is connected to an external device. The predetermined signal transmission standard is, for example, the HDMI standard or the MHL standard.

  In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, it is assumed that a television 101 and a smartphone 1 which are external devices are connected to each other by a cable 102. Moreover, although the interface of the television 101 and the external interface 14 of the smartphone 1 are described as conforming to the same standard, the present invention is not limited to this.

  For example, the interface of the television 101 may conform to the HDMI standard, and the external interface 14 of the smartphone 1 may conform to the MHL standard. In the case of such a configuration, as shown in FIG. 5, the cable 102 includes an adapter 102a that mutually converts HDMI and MHL, and one terminal 102b is connected to the television 101 corresponding to the HDMI standard. The other terminal 102c is connected to the smartphone 1 in accordance with the MHL standard.

  The communication unit 22 is compatible with cellular phone communication standards such as 2G, 3G, and 4G. As cellular phone communication standards, there are LTE (Long Term Evolution) (registered trademark), W-CDMA, CDMA2000, PDC, GSM (registered trademark), PHS (Personal Handy-phone System) (registered trademark), and the like.

  When the communication unit 22 receives an incoming call in a state where the external interface 14 is connected to an external device, the control unit 23 suppresses the notification by the notification unit 21 and sends a signal to the external interface 14 that the incoming call has been received. To the external device. The external device performs notification according to the incoming call.

  The notification unit 21 is a component that notifies the outside that an event such as an incoming call has occurred. For example, a speaker that outputs a ring tone, a vibrator that transmits vibration, a light emitting unit that emits light, and the like are conceivable.

  Suppressing notification by the notification unit 21 is a concept including muting so as not to output sound and lowering the volume of output sound when the notification unit 21 is a speaker.

Further, when the TV 101 receives a signal indicating that an incoming call has been received from the smartphone 1, for example, as shown in FIG. 6, the incoming call display (OSD) function is used to display the incoming call (FIG. Perform A).
Further, the control unit 23 may transmit not only the presence / absence of an incoming call but also information related to the incoming call to the television 101.

For example, when there is an incoming call by telephone, the control unit 23 transmits the caller name, the caller's telephone number, and the like to the television 101. In addition, when an incoming mail is received, the control unit 23 transmits a sender name, a subject name, presence / absence of an attached file, flag information indicating an important mail, and the like to the television 101.
The television 101 displays these pieces of information using the OSD function.

  Furthermore, when the TV 101 receives a signal indicating that there is an incoming call from the smartphone 1, the TV 101 may be configured to output a sound notifying the incoming call from a speaker.

  According to such a configuration, the smartphone 1 suppresses the function of the notification unit 21 when there is an incoming call in a state in which the smartphone 1 is connected to the television 101 using the external interface 14. It can be controlled not to occur. Moreover, since the smart phone 1 outputs notification information to the television 101, it is possible to reliably notify the user who is watching the television 101 of an incoming call.

  Note that the smartphone 1 may create a list of information (telephone number, mail address, etc.) indicating persons to be notified in advance. For example, when the communication unit 22 receives an incoming call, the smartphone 1 refers to the list and transmits a signal indicating that the incoming call has been received from the matching person to the television 101.

  In addition, the smartphone 1 may manage the time for which the television 101 continues to notify the incoming call. For example, when the incoming call is received by the communication unit 22, the smartphone 1 transmits a signal indicating that there is an incoming call to the television 101, and ends the notification display after a predetermined time has elapsed (for example, after 10 seconds). A signal to that effect is transmitted to the television 101. At this time, the smartphone 1 may be configured to switch to the answering mode when the incoming call received by the communication unit 22 is a telephone.

  In addition, the smartphone 1 receives an incoming call through the communication unit 22, suppresses the notification unit 21, transmits a signal indicating that there is an incoming call to the television 101, and notifies the television 101 of the incoming call. If the incoming call from the same address or telephone number is accepted again, the notification unit 21 may be suppressed and a signal indicating that the incoming call has been received may not be transmitted to the television 101. In the case of such a configuration, the smartphone 1 leaves a notice that there is an incoming call in the incoming call history.

  In addition, when the communication unit 22 receives an incoming call when the external interface 14 is connected to an external device and the control unit 23 satisfies a certain condition, the control unit 23 suppresses the notification by the notification unit 21 and receives the incoming call. A signal indicating that there has been is transmitted to the external device via the external interface 14. The external device may perform notification according to the incoming call.

The smartphone 1 may be configured to include an acceleration sensor unit 24 as shown in FIG.
In such a configuration, the control unit 23 does not output a detection value greater than or equal to a predetermined value from the acceleration sensor unit 24 when there is an incoming call when the external interface 14 is connected to an external device. In the case (including the case where the detection value is not output from the acceleration sensor unit 24), the notification by the notification unit 21 is suppressed assuming that a certain condition is satisfied.

  Here, when there is an incoming call, a case where a detected value greater than or equal to a predetermined value is not output from the acceleration sensor unit 24 is a situation where the user does not hold the smartphone 1 when the incoming call is received. It is estimated to be. In such a situation, it is expected that the user will not notice the incoming call even when the incoming call notification is given by the smartphone 1.

  Therefore, when the smartphone 1 is connected to the television 101 using the external interface 14 and there is an incoming call, when the detected value greater than or equal to the predetermined value is not output from the acceleration sensor unit 24, notification is made. Since the notification information is output to the television 101 while controlling the function of the unit 21 so as not to generate unnecessary power consumption, the user who is watching the television 101 can be surely notified of the incoming call.

  When the smartphone 1 is connected to the television 101 using the external interface 14 and receives an incoming call, the detected value output from the acceleration sensor unit 24 in a predetermined period from the incoming call is a predetermined value. When it is not more than the value, the function of the notification unit 21 may be suppressed. In this case, the smartphone 1 does not perform notification by the notification unit 21 for a predetermined period from the incoming call. On the other hand, the smartphone 1 may output notification information to the television 101 before the predetermined period elapses when there is an incoming call.

The notification unit 21 is a vibrator that performs notification by vibration.
In such a configuration, the control unit 23 outputs a detection value that is equal to or greater than a predetermined value from the acceleration sensor unit 24 when an incoming call is received while the external interface 14 is connected to an external device. If not, vibration of the vibrator is suppressed assuming that a certain condition is satisfied.

  Suppressing the vibration of the vibrator is a concept including not causing the vibrator to vibrate and weakening the vibration.

Here, when the smartphone 1 is connected to the television 101 that is an external device with the cable 102, there may be a situation in which the smartphone 1 is placed on the television stand due to the length of the cable 102.
In such a situation, when the smartphone 1 receives an incoming call and the vibrator is driven, the smartphone 1 may slide down from the table due to vibration.
Furthermore, there is a possibility that the cable 102 connecting the smartphone 1 and the television 101 is disconnected due to the dropped impact.

Therefore, the control unit 23 suppresses vibration of the vibrator when the external interface 14 is connected to the television 101.
According to such a configuration, the smartphone 1 can avoid a failure due to dropping, and can prevent the cable 102 from being unexpectedly disconnected.

  When the notification unit 21 is a vibrator that performs notification by vibration, the control unit 23 suppresses vibration of the vibrator when an incoming call is received when the external interface 14 is connected to an external device. Also good.

As illustrated in FIG. 3, the smartphone 1 includes a storage unit 25 in which a plurality of applications are stored.
In the case of such a configuration, the control unit 23 does not satisfy a certain condition when a predetermined application is activated when an incoming call is received while the external interface 14 is connected to an external device. As a result, notification by the notification unit 21 is not suppressed.

  The predetermined application is, for example, an application in which an image is displayed on the television 101, an operation UI is displayed on the display 2A of the smartphone 1, and the image displayed on the television 101 is moved by operating the operation UI. is there.

  In such a case, since it is presumed that the user has the smartphone 1 in his / her hand, it is considered that the user can be notified of the incoming call by the smartphone 1 to make the user aware of the incoming call.

  When the incoming call is received when the external interface 14 is connected to the external device and the power of the external device is turned off, the control unit 23 determines that the predetermined condition is not satisfied, The structure which does not suppress the alerting | reporting by 21 may be sufficient.

  Specifically, when the TV 101 is turned off in a state where the external interface 14 is connected to the TV 101 which is an external device, the control unit 23 does not receive a signal from the TV 101 side. It turns out that it is a dormant state.

  Therefore, even if the smartphone 1 is connected to the television 101 via the external interface 14, when the television 101 is in a dormant state, the notification is made as usual when the incoming call is received, so that the incoming call is surely notified. Can do.

Next, the operation of the smartphone 1 will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. In the following description, it is assumed that the external device is the television 101.
In step ST <b> 1, the control unit 23 determines whether or not the television 101 is connected via the external interface 14. Specifically, the control unit 23 determines whether the television 101 is connected via the external interface 14 depending on whether the connection of the HDMI standard or the MHL standard is detected. If it is determined that the television 101 is connected (Yes), the process proceeds to step ST2. If it is determined that the television 101 is not connected (No), the process of step ST1 is repeated.

  In step ST2, the control unit 23 displays a connection completion notification on the display 2A. In step ST2, the control unit 23 may display not only the connection completion notification on the display 2A but also a UI dedicated to the HDMI standard or the MHL standard.

  In step ST <b> 3, the control unit 23 suppresses notification by the notification unit 21. Specifically, the control unit 23 turns off the vibration of the vibrator, turns off the light emission of the light emitting unit (for example, LED), and turns off the ringtone output from the speaker.

  In step ST <b> 4, the control unit 23 transmits a signal indicating that there is an incoming call to the television 101 via the external interface 14. The television 101 performs notification according to the incoming call.

  In step ST5, the control unit 23 determines whether or not the connection state with the television 101 has been released. That is, the control unit 23 determines whether the cable 102 is disconnected from the external interface 14 or the television 101 interface. If it is determined that the connected state has been released (Yes), the process proceeds to step ST6. If it is determined that the connected state has not been released (No), the process returns to step ST1.

  In step ST6, the control unit 23 performs control so that a normal UI is displayed on the display 2A.

  In this way, the smartphone 1 suppresses the function of the notification unit 21 when there is an incoming call in a state where the smartphone 1 is connected to the television 101 using the external interface 14, so that unnecessary power consumption is not generated. Can be controlled. Moreover, since the smart phone 1 outputs notification information to the television 101, it is possible to reliably notify the user who is watching the television 101 of an incoming call.

  In the present embodiment, the external device has been described as being the television 101. However, the configuration is not limited to this as long as it can notify the incoming call. For example, the external device may be a stereo component, a PC, or the like.

  In the present embodiment, the configuration and operation of the smartphone are mainly described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and each component is provided, and in a state where it is connected to an external device using the external interface 14, a certain condition is satisfied. The control method may be configured as a control method and a program for controlling the functions so as not to cause unnecessary power consumption.

  Furthermore, the program for realizing the function of the smartphone may be recorded on a computer-readable recording medium, and the program recorded on the recording medium may be read into the computer system and executed.

  The “computer system” here includes an OS and hardware such as peripheral devices. The “computer-readable recording medium” refers to a storage device such as a portable medium such as a flexible disk, a magneto-optical disk, a ROM, and a CD-ROM, and a hard disk built in the computer system.

  Furthermore, “computer-readable recording medium” means that a program is dynamically held for a short time, like a communication line when transmitting a program via a network such as the Internet or a communication line such as a telephone line. It is also possible to include one that holds a program for a certain time, such as a volatile memory inside a computer system that becomes a server or client in that case. Further, the program may be for realizing a part of the above-described functions, and may be capable of realizing the above-described functions in combination with a program already recorded in the computer system. .

  In the present embodiment, the external interface (connection unit) 14 is described as a terminal to which another device is connected. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the external interface (connection unit) A wireless interface conforming to a wireless communication standard such as a registered trademark or WiFi (registered trademark) may be used. Therefore, the electronic device of the present invention may be communicably connected to an external device by wireless communication complying with the wireless communication standard.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Smart phone 2A Display 14 External interface 21 Notification part 22 Communication part 23 Control part 24 Acceleration sensor part 25 Memory | storage part

Claims (7)

A connector that conforms to a predetermined signal transmission standard and is connected to an external device;
A notification unit;
When there is an incoming call in a state where the connection unit is connected to the external device, the notification by the notification unit is suppressed, and a signal indicating that there is an incoming call is transmitted to the external device through the connection unit. And an electronic device including a control unit that controls the external device to perform notification according to an incoming call. With an acceleration sensor,
If the control unit does not output a detected value that is equal to or greater than a predetermined value when an incoming call is received while the connection unit is connected to the external device, the notification unit The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein notification by the unit is suppressed. The notification unit is a vibrator that performs notification by vibration,
The control unit, when the incoming call is received in a state where the connection unit is connected to the external device and the detected value greater than a predetermined value is not output from the acceleration sensor unit, The electronic device according to claim 2, wherein vibrations of the electronic device are suppressed. A storage unit storing a plurality of applications;
The said control part does not suppress the alerting | reporting by the said alerting | reporting part, when a predetermined application is starting, when there exists an incoming call in the state in which the said connection part is connected to the said external device. Electronic equipment.   The control unit does not suppress notification by the notification unit when an incoming call is received in a state where the connection unit is connected to the external device and the power supply of the external device is turned off. The electronic device according to claim 1. Suppresses notification by the notification unit when there is an incoming call when the connection unit that conforms to the predetermined signal transmission standard is connected to an external device that conforms to the predetermined signal transmission standard A restraining process to
And a control step of controlling the external device to transmit a signal indicating that there is an incoming call to the external device via the connection unit, and to perform notification according to the incoming call. Suppresses notification by the notification unit when there is an incoming call when the connection unit that conforms to the predetermined signal transmission standard is connected to an external device that conforms to the predetermined signal transmission standard A restraining process to
A program for causing a computer to execute a control step of transmitting a signal indicating that there is an incoming call to the external device via the connection unit and controlling the external device to perform notification according to the incoming call.

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