Diagnostic method, information processing device, and storage medium

1. A diagnostic method executed by a processor, a memory, and an acceleration sensor that are included in an information processing device, the information processing device including a plurality of devices which are different from the acceleration sensor, the information processing device having a function of executing a diagnosis of whether a breakdown is involved regarding each of the plurality of devices, the memory storing therein threshold information that is set for each of the plurality of devices, and the threshold information including a plurality of directions and thresholds of acceleration components each corresponding to a respective one of the plurality of directions, the plurality of directions being associated with each of the devices and defined by a given coordinate system, the diagnostic method comprising:

transmitting, by the acceleration sensor, acceleration information of the information processing device when the information processing device falls or impacts an object;

receiving, by the processor, the acceleration information transmitted from the acceleration sensor;

calculating, by the processor, acceleration components each corresponding to a respective one of the plurality of directions from the received acceleration information;

selecting, by the processor, one or more devices having a possibility of a breakdown from among the plurality of devices by comparing each of the calculated acceleration components with a threshold of each corresponding acceleration component in each threshold information stored in the memory, wherein each of the calculated acceleration components corresponds to each acceleration component with respect to a direction of the plurality of directions; and

executing, by the processor, a diagnosis regarding the selected one or more devices.

2. The diagnostic method according to claim 1 , wherein

the selecting by the processor includes, when at least one of the calculated acceleration components surpasses one of the thresholds of the acceleration components for the respective one of the plurality of directions corresponding to the respective one of the plurality of directions of the at least one of the calculated acceleration components, selecting by the processor a device corresponding to the threshold as the one or more devices having a possibility of a breakdown.

3. The diagnostic method according to claim 1 , wherein

the acceleration information is a direction vector based on the given coordinate system, and

the calculating by the processor includes calculating the acceleration components each corresponding to the respective one of the plurality of directions by calculating inner products of the direction vector and a unit vector of each of the plurality of directions.

4. The diagnostic method according to claim 3 , wherein

the plurality of directions include a first direction, a second direction which is different from the first direction and a third direction obtained by synthesis of the first direction and the second direction.

5. The diagnostic method according to claim 1 , wherein

the thresholds included in the threshold information stored in the memory are each a maximum acceleration component among the plurality of acceleration components acquired in a case in which the information processing device is caused to fall a plurality of times and a breakdown of the plurality of devices does not occur.

6. The diagnostic method according to claim 1 , wherein

the receiving by the processor includes receiving the acceleration information from the acceleration sensor at a given time interval by polling.

7. The diagnostic method according to claim 1 , wherein

the executing a diagnosis by the processor includes executing a diagnosis when the information processing device is in a still state.

8. The diagnostic method according to claim 1 , wherein

the information processing device includes a display, and

the diagnostic method further includes displaying by the processor, on the display, a result of the diagnosis including a device from which abnormality is detected among the selected one or more devices.

9. An information processing device, comprising:

a plurality of devices;

a memory that stores therein threshold information that is set for each of the plurality of devices, the threshold information including a plurality of directions and thresholds of acceleration components each corresponding to a respective one of the plurality of directions, the plurality of directions being associated with each of the devices and defined by a given coordinate system;

an acceleration sensor configured to transmit acceleration information of the information processing device when the information processing device falls or impacts an object; and

a processor coupled to the plurality of devices, the memory, and the acceleration sensor, the processor being configured to:

receive the acceleration information transmitted from the acceleration sensor;

calculate acceleration components each corresponding to a respective one of the plurality of directions from the received acceleration information;

select one or more devices having a possibility of a breakdown from among the plurality of devices by comparing each of the calculated acceleration components with a threshold of each corresponding acceleration component in each threshold information stored in the memory, wherein each of the calculated acceleration components corresponds to each acceleration component with respect to a direction of the plurality of directions; and

execute a diagnosis regarding the selected one or more devices.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program that causes a processor and an acceleration sensor included in an information processing device to execute a process, the information processing device including a memory and a plurality of devices which are different from the acceleration sensor, the information processing device having a function of executing a diagnosis of whether a breakdown is involved regarding each of the plurality of devices, the memory storing therein threshold information that is set for each of the plurality of devices, and the threshold information including a plurality of directions and thresholds of acceleration components each corresponding to a respective one of the plurality of directions, the plurality of directions being associated with each of the devices and defined by a given coordinate system, the process comprising:

transmitting, by the acceleration sensor, acceleration information of the information processing device when the information processing device falls or impacts an object;

receiving, by the processor, the acceleration information transmitted from the acceleration sensor;

calculating acceleration components each corresponding to a respective one of a plurality of directions from the received acceleration information;

selecting one or more devices having a possibility of a breakdown from among the plurality of devices by comparing each of the calculated acceleration components with a threshold of each corresponding acceleration component in each threshold information stored in the memory, wherein each of the calculated acceleration components corresponds to each acceleration component with respect to a direction of the plurality of directions; and

executing a diagnosis regarding the selected one or more devices.