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Granted Patent B2
US 8,532,702 · App. 13/380,330 · Granted Sep 10, 2013

Mobile electronic device with sound output function

Inventor: Jouji Yoshikawa (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,532,702
App. No.
13/380,330
Granted
Sep 10, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, a mobile electronic device includes a heat source unit that generates heat, a housing for holding the heat source unit; a temperature detection unit for detecting the temperature of the housing, a communication unit for performing communications, a sound output unit for outputting sound relating to the communications, and a control unit for controlling the heat source unit and the communication unit. The control unit changes sound output from the sound output unit depending on the temperature detected by the temperature detection unit and a set temperature.

Claims (60)

1. A mobile electronic device, comprising:

a heat source unit configured to generate heat;

a housing configured to hold the heat source unit;

a temperature detection unit configured to detect the temperature of the housing;

a communication unit configured to perform a communication with outside;

a sound output unit configured to output a sound relating to the communication;

a control unit configured to control the heat source unit and the communication unit; and

a storage unit configured to store a correspondence relationship between the temperature detected by the temperature detection unit and a sound output pattern outputted from the sound output unit, wherein

the control unit is configured to

change the sound outputted from the sound output unit depending on the temperature detected by the temperature detection unit and a set temperature, and

output the sound output pattern specified based on the temperature detected by the temperature detection unit and the correspondence relationship when an incoming call is detected by the communication unit.

2. The mobile electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit has a plurality of output modes in which settings for outputting sound relating to the communication differ, and is configured to perform a control while switching the output modes between when the temperature detected by the temperature detection unit is equal to or higher than the set temperature and when the temperature by the temperature detection unit is lower than the set temperature.

3. The mobile electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit is configured to increase a volume level of the sound outputted from the sound output unit when the temperature detected by the temperature detection unit is equal to or higher than the set temperature compared to when the temperature detected by the temperature detection unit is lower than the set temperature.

4. The mobile electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein

the sound output unit includes

a receiver configured to output the sound, and

a speaker configured to output the sound louder than that from the receiver, and

the control unit is configured to output the sound using the speaker when the temperature detected by the temperature detection unit is equal to or higher than the set temperature.

5. The mobile electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit is configured to perform an inhibition control for inhibiting a call from being performed by the communication unit when the temperature detected by the temperature detection unit is equal to or higher than the set temperature.

6. The mobile electronic device according to claim 5 , wherein the inhibition control includes at least one of inhibiting an outgoing call, stopping a call, or rejecting an incoming call by the communication unit.

7. The mobile electronic device according claim 1 , wherein, when the temperature detected by the temperature detection unit is equal to or higher than the set temperature, the control unit is configured to

estimate a time which will be taken until the temperature detected by the temperature detection unit decreases to be lower than the set temperature, and

notify the estimated time to the outside.

8. The mobile electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the heat source unit is an image projection unit for projecting an image.

9. The mobile electronic device according claim 1 ,

wherein the temperature detection unit includes

a detection element for detecting the temperature at a measurement point of the housing, and

a temperature correspondence table for storing a relationship between the temperature at the measurement point of the housing and the temperature in the outer surface of the housing, and

wherein the temperature detection unit is configured to detect the temperature in the outer surface of the housing based on the temperature detected by the detection element and the temperature correspondence table.

10. The mobile electronic device according to claim 9 , wherein the measurement point of the temperature detection unit is near the sound output unit in the outer surface of the housing.

11. A mobile electronic device, comprising:

a heat source unit that generates heat;

a housing for holding the heat source unit;

a temperature detection unit for detecting the temperature of the housing;

a communication unit for performing communications;

a receiver for outputting sound relating to the communication;

a speaker for outputting a louder sound than the receiver;

a storage unit for storing a correspondence relationship between the temperature detected by the temperature detection unit and a sound output pattern; and

a control unit for controlling the operation of the heat source unit and the operation of the communication unit,

wherein the control unit reads the correspondence relationship from the storage unit, specifies the sound output pattern on the basis of the temperature detected by the temperature detection unit and the correspondence relationship, and outputs the specified sound output pattern from the speaker, when an incoming call from another terminal is detected.

12. A mobile electronic device, comprising:

a heat source unit configured to generate heat;

a housing configured to hold the heat source unit;

a temperature detection unit configured to detect the temperature of the housing;

a communication unit configured to perform a communication with outside;

a sound output unit configured to output a sound relating to the communication; and

a control unit configured to control the heat source unit and the communication unit, wherein

the control unit is configured to change the sound outputted from the sound output unit depending on the temperature detected by the temperature detection unit and a set temperature, and

when the temperature detected by the temperature detection unit is equal to or higher than the set temperature, the control unit is configured to

estimate a time which will be taken until the temperature detected by the temperature detection unit decreases to be lower than the set temperature, and

notify the estimated time to the outside.

13. The mobile electronic device according to claim 12 , wherein the control unit has a plurality of output modes in which settings for outputting sound relating to the communication differ, and is configured to perform a control while switching the output modes between when the temperature detected by the temperature detection unit is equal to or higher than the set temperature and when the temperature by the temperature detection unit is lower than the set temperature.

14. The mobile electronic device according to claim 12 , wherein the control unit is configured to increase a volume level of the sound outputted from the sound output unit when the temperature detected by the temperature detection unit is equal to or higher than the set temperature compared to when the temperature detected by the temperature detection unit is lower than the set temperature.

15. The mobile electronic device according to claim 12 , wherein

the sound output unit includes

a receiver configured to output the sound, and

a speaker configured to output the sound louder than that from the receiver, and

the control unit is configured to output the sound using the speaker when the temperature detected by the temperature detection unit is equal to or higher than the set temperature.

16. The mobile electronic device according to claim 12 , wherein the control unit is configured to perform an inhibition control for inhibiting a call from being performed by the communication unit when the temperature detected by the temperature detection unit is equal to or higher than the set temperature.

17. The mobile electronic device according to claim 16 , wherein the inhibition control includes at least one of inhibiting an outgoing call, stopping a call, or rejecting an incoming call by the communication unit.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 22, 2011
From: YOSHIKAWA, JOUJI
To: KYOCERA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 027435/0313 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2009-152947 · Jun 26, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
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