ELECTRONIC DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND PROGRAM
Aspects of the present invention include a device comprising a first sensor and a circuitry configured to detect a first user action and a second user action, the second user action being detected by the first sensor. The circuitry is further configured to designate a first mode based on the first user action and a second mode based on the second user action, the first mode and the second mode being power saving modes and the second mode is configured to save power consumed by the first sensor.
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17 . A device, comprising:
processing circuitry configured to:
detect a first user action;
establish a first user action state;
change an operation mode from a first mode to a second mode based on the first user action state;
detect a second user action, the second user action being consistent with a first detection condition associated with the second mode;
establish, when the operation mode is the second mode, a second user action state; and
change the operation mode from the second mode to a third mode based on the second user action state, wherein
the second mode consumes more power than the first mode, and
the first mode and the second mode are power saving modes.
18 . The device according to claim 17 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to
detect the first user action according to according to a first signal received from a first sensor when the first sensor detects the first user action, and
detect the second user action according to according to a second signal received from a second sensor when the second sensor detects the second user action.
19 . The device according to claim 17 , wherein the third mode is an active mode.
20 . The device according to claim 17 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to change the operation mode from the third mode to the second mode after a predetermined period of time elapses without detection of a third user action.
21 . The device according to claim 18 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to receive a third signal from a touch sensor when the touch sensor detects a third user action is detected by the touch sensor.
22 . The device according to claim 21 , wherein the third user action is a release operation.
23 . The device according to claim 17 , wherein the second user action is a tap operation.
24 . The device according to claim 18 , wherein the first sensor and the second sensor are different sensors.
25 . The device according to claim 18 , wherein the second sensor is a touch sensor.
26 . The device according to claim 25 , wherein the touch sensor is a capacitance type touch sensor or a resistive film-type touch sensor.
27 . The device according to claim 18 , wherein the first sensor is an acceleration sensor.
28 . The device according to claim 27 , wherein the acceleration sensor is a piezoelectric-type sensor, a piezo resistance-type sensor or a capacitance-type sensor.
29 . The device according to claim 18 , further comprising the first sensor and the second sensor.
30 . A non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer executable instructions which, when executed by processing circuitry of a device, cause the device to:
receive a first signal from a first sensor when the first sensor detects a first user action;
establish a first user action state based on the first signal;
change an operation mode from a first mode to a second mode based on the first user action state;
determine, when a second signal is received from a second sensor and the operation mode is the second mode, that a second user action is detected by the second sensor, the second user action being consistent with a first detection condition associated with the second mode;
establish, when the second user action has been detected, a second user action state based on the second signal; and
change the operation mode from the second mode to a third mode based on the second user action state, wherein
the second mode consumes more power than the first mode, and
the first mode and the second mode are power saving modes.
31 . The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 30 , wherein the device is further caused to change the operation mode from the third mode to the second mode after a predetermined period of time elapses without detection of a third user action.
32 . The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 30 , wherein the device is further caused to receive a third signal from a touch sensor when the touch sensor detects a third user action is detected by the touch sensor.
33 . The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 32 , wherein the third user action is a release operation.
34 . The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 30 , wherein the second user action is a tap operation.
35 . The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 30 , wherein the second sensor is a touch sensor.
36 . A method, comprising:
receiving a first signal from a first sensor when the first sensor detects a first user action;
establishing, by processing circuitry of a device, a first user action state based on the first signal;
changing, by the processing circuitry, an operation mode from a first mode to a second mode based on the first user action state;
determining, when a second signal is received from a second sensor and the operation mode is the second mode, that a second user action is detected by the second sensor, the second user action being consistent with a first detection condition associated with the second mode;
establishing, by the processing circuitry when the second user action has been detected, a second user action state based on the second signal; and
changing, by the processing circuitry, the operation mode from the second mode to a third mode based on the second user action state, wherein
the second mode consumes more power than the first mode, and
the first mode and the second mode are power saving modes.