Device and method
A device includes: N communication modules, a selector that selects one communication module, an obtainer that obtains a reception strength of a signal, a generator that generates an image that includes 2N display regions associated with the N communication modules in order of communication speed from slower to faster per two display regions counted from a reference position along one direction, and a display. The generator generates, as the image, an image displaying (i) a graphic of a first type in, among the two display regions associated with the one communication module, more display regions counted from proximity to the reference position along the one direction, with an increase in the reception strength of the one communication module, and (ii) the graphic of the first type in each of two display regions associated with a communication module that communicates at a slower speed than the one communication module.
1. A device, comprising:
N communication circuits that perform wireless communication at different communication speeds, where N >2;
a selector that selects, from the N communication circuits, one communication circuit used for the wireless communication by the device;
an obtainer that obtains a reception strength of a signal received by the one communication circuit from a base station;
a generator that generates an image that includes at least 2N display regions arranged from a reference position in one direction, each of the at least 2N display regions being associated only with a corresponding one of the N communication circuits, in order of communication speed from slower to faster per at least two display regions counted from the reference position along the one direction, wherein a same number of display regions of the at least 2N display regions is associated with each of the N communication circuits; and
a display that displays the image generated by the generator, wherein
the generator generates, as the image, an image displaying:
(a) a graphic of a first type in, among the at least two display regions associated with the one communication circuit, more display regions counted from proximity to the reference position along the one direction, with an increase in the reception strength of the one communication circuit; and
(b) the graphic of the first type in each of at least two display regions associated with a communication circuit that communicates at a slower speed than the one communication circuit.
2. The device according to claim 1 , wherein
the generator:
preassociates each of the at least 2N display regions with dimensions increasing along the one direction, and stores the dimensions as dimensions of a graphic displayed in a corresponding one of the at least 2N display regions; and
generates, as the image, an image in which each of at least one of the graphic of the first type included in the image has the dimensions that are preassociated with the at least 2N display regions displaying the graphic of the first type.
3. The device according to claim 1 , wherein
the generator generates, as the image,
an image displaying a graphic of a second type in, among the at least 2N display regions, a display region not displaying the graphic of the first type.
4. The device according to claim 1 , wherein
the generator generates, as the image, an image displaying:
characters respectively related to the N communication circuits, the characters each being displayed in a vicinity of a display region associated with a corresponding one of the N communication circuits; and
one of the characters related to the one communication circuit in another configuration than one of the characters related to an other communication circuit among the N communication circuits.
5. The device according to claim 4 , wherein
the generator generates, as the image,
an image displaying the one of the characters indicating a name of the one communication circuit with a darker color than the one of the characters indicating a name of the other communication circuit among the N communication circuits.
6. A method executed by a device that includes N communication circuits that perform wireless communication at different communication speeds, where N 2 , the method comprising:
selecting, from the N communication circuits, one communication circuit to be used for the wireless communication by the device;
obtaining a reception strength of a signal received by the one communication circuit from a base station;
generating an image that includes at least 2N display regions arranged from a reference position in one direction, each of the at least 2N display regions being associated only with a corresponding one of the N communication circuits, in order of communication speed from slow to fast per at least two display regions counted from the reference position along the one direction, wherein a same number of display regions of the at least 2N display regions is associated with each of the N communication circuits; and
displaying the image generated in the generating, wherein
in the generating, as the image:
(a) a graphic is displayed in, among the at least two display regions associated with the one communication circuit, more display regions counted from proximity to the reference position along the one direction, with an increase in the reception strength of the one communication circuit; and
(b) the graphic is displayed in each of at least two display regions associated with a communication circuit that communicates at a slower speed than the one communication circuit.