IP Library Granted Patent US 9,479,634
Granted Patent B2
US 9,479,634 · App. 14/272,252 · Granted Oct 25, 2016

Mobile terminal temperature control that sets function operation mode based on usage time history

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Patent No.
US 9,479,634
App. No.
14/272,252
Granted
Oct 25, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A mobile terminal apparatus includes a detection unit that detects a temperature of the mobile terminal apparatus, a determination unit that determines whether or not the detected temperature is a predetermined value or more, an analysis unit that collects and analyzes usage histories of a function of the mobile terminal apparatus, and a setting unit that, when the detected temperature is the predetermined value or more, refers to an analysis result of the usage histories, and when the function tends to be used for a predetermined usage time period or more, sets an operation mode of the function to a first mode in which an action performed by the function is restricted, and when the function tends to be used for less than the predetermined usage time period, sets the operation mode to a second mode in which the action performed by the function is not restricted.

Claims (31)

1. A mobile terminal apparatus comprising:

a detection unit that detects a temperature of the mobile terminal apparatus;

a determination unit that determines whether or not the detected temperature is a predetermined value or more;

an analysis unit that collects and analyzes usage histories of a function of the mobile terminal apparatus, the usage history including time of use of the function; and

a setting unit that, in response to the detected temperature being the predetermined value or more, refers to an analysis result of the usage histories, and in response to the time of use of the function in the usage history indicating that the function tends to be used for a predetermined usage time period or more, sets an operation mode of the function to a first mode in which an action performed by the function is restricted, and in response to the time of use of the function in the usage history indicating that the function tends to be used for less than the predetermined usage time period, sets the operation mode to a second mode in which the action performed by the function is not restricted.

2. The mobile terminal apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the setting unit further sets, by using a temperature rise characteristic exhibited while the function is being performed, usable time periods for the first mode and the second mode.

3. The mobile terminal apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the analysis unit collects, as the usage histories, usage histories of one or more among a camera function, a television receiving function, a data communication function, a moving image playing function, and a charging function, and

wherein the setting unit sets, as the operation mode, an operation mode of one or more among the camera function, the television receiving function, the data communication function, the moving image playing function, and the charging function.

4. The mobile terminal apparatus according to claim 2 ,

wherein the analysis unit collects, as the usage histories, usage histories of one or more among a camera function, a television receiving function, a data communication function, a moving image playing function, and a charging function, and

wherein the setting unit sets, as the operation mode, an operation mode of one or more among the camera function, the television receiving function, the data communication function, the moving image playing function, and the charging function.

5. A non-transitory recording medium that is readable by a computer and stores a terminal control program causing the computer to execute an operation, the operation comprising:

detecting a temperature, which has been input, of a mobile terminal apparatus;

determining whether or not the detected temperature is a predetermined value or more;

collecting and analyzing usage histories of a function of the mobile terminal apparatus, the usage history including time of use of the function; and

in response to the temperature being the predetermined value or more, referring to an analysis result of the usage histories, and in response to the time of use of the function in the usage history indicating that the function tends to be used for a predetermined usage time period or more, setting an operation mode of the function to a first mode in which an action performed by the function is restricted, and in response to the time of use of the function in the usage history indicating that the function tends to be used for less than the predetermined usage time period, setting the operation mode to a second mode in which the action performed by the function is not restricted.

6. The non-transitory recording medium according to claim 5 that is readable by the computer and stores the terminal control program causing the computer to execute the operation,

wherein the operation further includes setting, by using a temperature rise characteristic exhibited while the function is being performed, usable time periods for the first mode and the second mode.

7. The non-transitory recording medium according to claim 5 ,

wherein the analyzing includes collecting, as the usage histories, usage histories of one or more among a camera function, a television receiving function, a data communication function, a moving image playing function, and a charging function, and

wherein the setting includes setting, as the operation mode, an operation mode of one or more among the camera function, the television receiving function, the data communication function, the moving image playing function, and the charging function.

8. The non-transitory recording medium according to claim 6 ,

wherein the analyzing includes collecting, as the usage histories, usage histories of one or more among a camera function, a television receiving function, a data communication function, a moving image playing function, and a charging function, and

wherein the setting includes setting, as the operation mode, an operation mode of one or more among the camera function, the television receiving function, the data communication function, the moving image playing function, and the charging function.

9. A terminal control method comprising:

with a mobile terminal apparatus,

detecting a temperature of the mobile terminal apparatus;

determining whether or not the detected temperature is a predetermined value or more;

collecting and analyzing usage histories of a function of the mobile terminal apparatus, the usage history including time of use of the function; and

in response to the temperature being the predetermined value or more, referring to an analysis result of the usage histories, and in response to the time of use of the function in the usage history indicating that the function tends to be used for a predetermined usage time period or more, setting an operation mode of the function to a first mode in which an action performed by the function is restricted, and in response to the time of use of the function in the usage history indicating that the function tends to be used for less than the predetermined usage time period, setting the operation mode to a second mode in which the action performed by the function is not restricted.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 26, 2024
From: YAMATO KANZAI LIMITED
To: FCNT LLC
Reel/Frame 066908/0856 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 21, 2024
From: FCNT LIMITED
To: YAMATO KANZAI LIMITED
Reel/Frame 066854/0942 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 19, 2024
From: FUJITSU CONNECTED TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
To: FCNT LIMITED
Reel/Frame 066832/0399 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 15, 2018
From: FUJITSU LIMITED
To: FUJITSU CONNECTED TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
Reel/Frame 047577/0943 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 7, 2014
From: TOKUDA, YOSHINORI
To: FUJITSU LIMITED
Reel/Frame 032843/0862 →