Mobile apparatus and power feed control method for mobile apparatus
A mobile apparatus that can surely execute desired actuation and devises control of actuation to realize power saving and a power feed control method for the mobile apparatus are provided. Therefore, a mobile apparatus of the present invention includes an acceleration detecting section configured to detect acceleration, a state identifying section configured to identify switch operation, and a power-feed control section configured to perform power feed control. The power-feed control section performs control to start power feed when the acceleration detecting section detects acceleration and continue the power feed when the state identifying section identifies the switch operation after the acceleration detecting section detects the acceleration and performs control to stop the power feed when the state identifying section does not identify the switch operation after the acceleration detecting section detects the acceleration.
1. A mobile apparatus that reduces an amount of energy consumed by the mobile apparatus comprising:
a sensor that detects an acceleration of the mobile apparatus;
a power supply;
a recorder; and
a control circuit that is communicatively coupled to the sensor, the power supply and the recorder, wherein the control circuit communicates with the sensor to determine whether the mobile apparatus has been moved;
wherein when it is determined that the mobile apparatus is moved, the control circuit:
controls the power supply to supply a power feed to the recorder,
stores, in a memory, data acquired by the recorder,
identifies whether a state of a switch is in an on-state,
controls the power supply to continue to supply the power feed to the recorder when the switch is identified to be in the on-state, and
controls the power supply to stop supplying the power feed to the recorder when the switch is identified to not be in the on-state within a pre-determined period after the mobile apparatus is moved.
2. The mobile apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the control circuit further:
controls the power supply to stop the power feed when the acceleration exceeds a first determination level value.
3. The mobile apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein, when the control circuit further switches the first determination level value of the acceleration determining section to a second determination level value larger than the first determination level value when the acceleration exceeds the first determination level value.
4. The mobile apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the control circuit further switches the second determination level value to the first determination level value when the state of the switch is identified to be in the on-state.
5. The mobile apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein
the control circuit controls the power supply to stop powering the sensor for a second predetermined time period when the switch is not identified to be in the on-state within the pre-determined period.
6. The mobile apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the predetermined time period is a time period in which the acceleration value detected transitions at a value at least equal to or smaller than the first determination level value.
7. A power feed control method that reduces an amount of energy consumed by a mobile apparatus comprising:
detecting, using a sensor, an acceleration of the mobile apparatus;
determining, by a control circuit, whether the acceleration exceeds a first determination level value; and
when it is determined that the acceleration exceed the first determination level value, the control circuit:
controls a power supply to supply a power feed to a recorder,
stores data acquired by the recorder in a memory
identifies whether a state of a switch is in an on-state,
controls the power supply to continue to supply the power feed to the recorder when the switch is identified to be in the on-state; and
controls the power supply to stop supplying the power feed to the recorder when the switch is not identified to be in the on-state within a pre-determined period after the mobile apparatus is moved.
8. The mobile apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the recorder is a digital voice recorder.
9. The mobile apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the recorder is an image pickup device.
10. The mobile apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the control circuit further deletes the data required by the recorder from the memory when the switch is not identified to be in the on-state within the pre-determined period.
11. The power feed control method according to claim 7 , wherein the control circuit switches further the first determination level value to a second determination level value larger than the first determination level value when the acceleration exceeds the first determination level value.
12. The power feed control method according to claim 7 , wherein the control circuit controls the power supply to stop powering the sensor for a second predetermined time period when the state of the switch is not identified to be in the on-state within the pre-determined period.
13. A mobile apparatus that reduces an amount of energy consumed by the mobile apparatus comprising:
a sensor that detects an acceleration of the mobile apparatus;
a recorder that records data;
a power supply; and
a control circuit that is communicatively coupled to the sensor, the power supply and the recorder, wherein the control circuit controls the power supply to supply a power feed to the recorder and determines whether the mobile apparatus has been moved based on the acceleration detected by the sensor,
wherein when it is determined that the mobile apparatus is moved, the control circuit:
stores, in a memory, the data recorded by the recorder,
identifies whether the mobile apparatus is in a recording mode;
continues to store the recorded data in the memory when the mobile device is identified to be in the recording mode, and
stops storing the recorded data in the memory when the mobile device is not identified to be in the recording mode within a pre-determined period after the mobile apparatus is moved.
14. The mobile apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein, the control circuit deletes the recorded data from the memory when the state of the mobile device is not identified to be in the recording mode within the pre-determined period. the data.
15. The mobile apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein the memory further stores at least one of information concerning time when the acceleration was detected and a time when the mobile device was identified to be in the recording mode.