Cell phone and program for controlling broadcast receiving function of cell phone
View Patent ↗The cell phone has a plurality of batteries for supplying power according to their use. When the power of a battery is nearly depleted while the user is viewing a TV program, the cell phone informs the user of that fact to restrict the viewing of the TV program.
1. A cell phone comprising:
a radio communication transceiver/receiver unit which transmits and receives speech or data by radio;
a broadcast receiver which receives broadcast waves such as of a TV broadcast;
a power supply unit which supplies power to each of the radio communication transceiver/receiver unit and the broadcast receiver;
a power supply management unit which manages supply of power to the radio communication transceiver/receiver unit or the broadcast receiver;
a power supply monitoring unit which monitors the is operable to monitor a useful power level of a battery; and
a TV viewing information storage unit that stores an ON or OFF operating condition of a function of restricting the viewing of the TV broadcast, wherein, when the function of restricting is set ON, the power supply management unit directs the power supply monitoring unit to check the useful battery power level, and, when the function of restricting is set OFF, the power supply monitoring unit is not directed to check the useful battery power level, and further, when the function of restricting is set ON;
an alarming unit which alarms the user that the useful power of the battery is less than a useful battery power level threshold value while a broadcast is being received, the battery supplying power to the broadcast receiver; and
a power supply restricting unit which restricts the supply of power to the broadcast receiver after the alarm has been provided, wherein the power supply restricting unit turns off a television function of the cell phone if a non-interrupt switch of the cell phone is not depressed.
2. The cell phone according to claim 1 , further comprising a TV viewing entry information storage unit which stores useful battery power level threshold values, wherein, when the power supply restricting unit receives an instruction to continually receive broadcast waves, the power supply restricting unit directs the alarming unit to lower the useful battery power threshold level by one step from the current level and suspends restriction of the supply of power to the broadcast receiver.
3. The cell phone according to claim 1 , further comprising a non-interrupt instructing unit that instructs to continue receiving a broadcast, wherein, in the event that an instruction to continue is provided from the non-interrupt instructing unit when the useful battery power level is low, the power supply restricting unit continues to display a TV program.
4. The cell phone according to claim 1 , wherein the TV viewing information storage unit that stores a TV viewing prohibited mode setting or a TV viewing continued mode setting of a TV viewing mode, and when the television viewing restricting function is set ON and the TV viewing mode is set TV viewing prohibited, the power supply restricting unit turns off the television function of the cell phone if a non-interrupt switch of the cell phone is not depressed.
5. The cell phone according to claim 1 , wherein the TV viewing information storage unit that stores a TV viewing prohibited mode setting or a TV viewing continued mode setting of a TV viewing mode, and when the television viewing restricting function is set ON and the TV viewing mode is set TV viewing continued, the power supply restricting unit lowers the useful battery power threshold level and continues the television function.
6. A method of controlling a broadcast receiving function of a cell phone, the method comprising:
receiving television broadcast using a broadcast receiver;
supplying power to the broadcast receiver;
managing supplying of power to the broadcast receiver;
monitoring a power level of a battery; and,
storing an ON or OFF operating condition of a function of restricting the viewing of the TV broadcast and, when the function of restricting is set ON, checking useful battery power level, and, when the function of restricting is set OFF, not check the useful battery power level, and further, when the television viewing restricting function is set ON;
generating an alarm that notifies a user that the power level of the battery is nearly depleted while a broadcast is being received, the battery supplying power to the broadcast receiver;
restricting the supply of power to the broadcast receiver after the alarm has been provided; and
turning off a television of the cell phone if a non-interrupt switch if the cell-phone is not depressed.
7. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing program code that when executed performs a method of controlling a broadcast receiving function of a cell phone, the method comprising:
receiving television broadcast using a broadcast receiver;
supplying power to the broadcast receiver;
managing supplying of power to the broadcast receiver;
monitoring a power level of a battery; and,
storing an ON or OFF operating condition of a function of restricting the viewing of the TV broadcast and, when the function of restricting is set ON, checking useful battery power level, and, when the function of restricting is set OFF, not check the useful battery power level, and further, when the television viewing restricting function is set ON;
generating an alarm that notifies a user that the power level of the battery is nearly depleted while a broadcast is being received, the battery supplying power to the broadcast receiver;
restricting the supply of power to the broadcast receiver after the alarm has been provided; and
turning off a television of the cell phone if a non-interrupt switch if the cell-phone is not depressed.