IP Library Granted Patent US 9,383,782
Granted Patent B2
US 9,383,782 · App. 14/429,037 · Granted Jul 5, 2016

Mobile terminal, control method thereof, and program

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Patent No.
US 9,383,782
App. No.
14/429,037
Granted
Jul 5, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A mobile terminal, including detection section 30 that detects an orientation and moving direction of mobile terminal 1 ; vibration section 40 that generate vibrations corresponding to the orientation and moving direction detected by detection section 30 ; and control section 50 that executes an operation of mobile terminal 1 corresponding to the orientation and moving direction detected by detection section 30.

Claims (30)

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a detector configured to detect an orientation and moving direction of said mobile terminal;

a vibrator configured to generate vibrations corresponding to the orientation and moving direction detected by said detector;

a controller configured to execute an operation of said mobile terminal corresponding to the orientation and moving direction detected by said detector; and

a display configured to display information that represents an application executed by said mobile terminal,

wherein said controller is further configured to change the moving direction detected by said detector corresponding to the orientation detected by said detector and execute an application represented by information displayed by said display, the information being located in said changed moving direction.

2. The mobile terminal according to claim 1 ,

wherein said controller is further configured to unlock said mobile terminal corresponding to the moving direction of said mobile terminal.

3. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a detector configured to detect a moving direction of said mobile terminal;

a vibrator configured to generate vibrations corresponding to the moving direction detected by said detector;

a controller configured to execute an operation of said mobile terminal corresponding to the moving direction detected by said detector; and

an enclosure comprising uneven portions whose positions are located away from a center of said enclosure.

4. The mobile terminal according to claim 3 , further comprising:

a display configured to display information that represents an application executed by said mobile terminal,

wherein said controller is further configured to execute an application represented by information displayed by said display, the information being located in the moving direction detected by said detection.

5. A control method for a mobile terminal, comprising:

a detection process that detects an orientation and moving direction of said mobile terminal;

a vibration process that generates vibrations corresponding to the orientation and moving direction detected in said detection process;

an operation execution process that executes an operation of said mobile terminal corresponding to the orientation and moving direction detected in said detection process;

a display process that displays information that indicates an application executed by said mobile terminal;

a changing process that changes the moving direction detected by said detector corresponding to the orientation detected by said detector; and

an execution process that executes an application indicated by information displayed by said display, the information being located in said changed moving direction.

6. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program that causes a mobile terminal to execute the procedures, comprising:

a detection procedure that detects an orientation and moving direction of said mobile terminal;

a vibration procedure that generates vibrations corresponding to the orientation and moving direction detected in said detection procedure; and

an operation execution procedure that executes an operation of said mobile terminal corresponding to the orientation and moving direction detected in said detection procedure;

a display procedure that displays information that indicates an application executed by said mobile terminal;

a changing procedure that changes the moving direction detected by said detector corresponding to the orientation detected by said detector; and

an execution procedure that executes an application indicated by information displayed by said display, the information being located in said changed moving direction.

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 Mar 18, 2015
From: KAMIJIMA, ATSUHIKO
To: NEC CASIO MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 035190/0046 →