IP Library Granted Patent US 9,294,142
Granted Patent B2
US 9,294,142 · App. 13/649,054 · Granted Mar 22, 2016

Mobile terminal, control method thereof, and non-transitory computer readable medium storing control program

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Patent No.
US 9,294,142
App. No.
13/649,054
Granted
Mar 22, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A mobile terminal capable of being connected to a charger according to an exemplary embodiment includes a notification unit that notifies predetermined information by using at least one of an image, lighting, a sound, and a vibration, a charger detection unit that identifies a charger connected to the mobile terminal, and a control unit that controls the notification unit so that the notification unit provides a different notification to a user according to a type of the charger connected to the mobile terminal.

Claims (20)

1. A mobile terminal capable of being connected to a charger, comprising:

a notification unit that notifies predetermined information by using at least one of an image, lighting, a sound, and a vibration;

a charger detection unit that identifies the charger connected to the mobile terminal; and

a control unit that controls the notification unit so that the notification unit provides a different notification to a user according to a type of the charger connected to the mobile terminal, and wherein

the charger detection unit determines whether a charger connected to the mobile terminal comprises a first charger or a second charger, and

when the charger connected to the mobile terminal comprises the first charger, the control unit controls the notification unit so that the notification unit does not notify at least part of the predetermined information that is supposed to be notified by the notification unit when the charger connected to the mobile terminal comprises the second charger.

2. The mobile terminal according to claim 1 , wherein

the charger detection unit determines whether a charger connected to the mobile terminal comprises a first charger or a second charger, and

when the charger connected to the mobile terminal comprises the first charger, the control unit controls the notification unit so that the notification unit notifies the predetermined information by using a different notification method from a notification method for the predetermined information that is used when the charger connected to the mobile terminal comprises the second charger.

3. The mobile terminal according to claim 2 , wherein when the charger connected to the mobile terminal comprises the first charger, the control unit controls a display screen of the notification unit so that information is displayed in the display screen with a color having higher brightness than that of the color with which a background of the display screen is displayed.

4. A control method of a mobile terminal capable of being connected to a charger, the control method comprising:

identifying the charger connected to the mobile terminal; and

changing a notification of predetermined information to a user according to a type of the charger connected to the mobile terminal, wherein

the identifying comprises determining whether a charger connected to the mobile terminal comprises a first charger or a second charger, and

the charging comprises, when the charger connected to the mobile terminal comprises the first charger, not notifying at least part of the predetermined information that is supposed to be notified when the charger connected to the mobile terminal comprises the second charger.

5. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a control program of a mobile terminal capable of being connected to a charger, wherein the control program causes the mobile terminal to execute:

a first process of identifying the charger connected to the mobile terminal; and

a second process of changing a notification of predetermined information to a user according to a type of the charger connected to the mobile terminal, wherein

the first process comprises determining whether a charger connected to the mobile terminal comprises a first charger or a second charger, and

the second process comprises, when the charger connected to the mobile terminal comprises the first charger, not notifying at least part of the predetermined information that is supposed to be notified when the charger connected to the mobile terminal comprises the second charger.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 30, 2015
From: NEC MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.
To: NEC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 036037/0476 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 9, 2015
From: NEC CASIO MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.
To: NEC MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 035866/0495 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 10, 2012
From: NAKAHARA, TORU
To: NEC CASIO MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 029571/0769 →