Mobile electronic device, control method, and computer program product

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9596340-B2
Application number	US-201514942973-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 16, 2015
Priority date	May 17, 2013
Publication date	Mar 14, 2017
Grant date	Mar 14, 2017

Abstract

A mobile electronic device includes a communication unit, a display, and a controller. The communication unit performs communication for a phone call. The display displays a first screen during the phone call made by the communication unit. The controller causes a second screen different from the first screen to be displayed on the display when the display of which display is turned off is to be re-displayed during the phone call after the display of the first screen is turned off during the phone call.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A mobile electronic device, comprising:
a communication unit configured to perform communication for a phone call;
a display configured to display a first screen during a phone call made by the communication unit;
a proximity sensor; and
a controller configured to
during the phone call,
turn off the display with the first screen being displayed thereon, when the proximity sensor detects a presence of an object in proximity of the display,
after the display has been turned off, determine that redisplaying is needed when the proximity sensor no longer detects the presence of the object in proximity of the display, and
display a second screen different from the first screen on the display when redisplaying is determined to be needed.

2. The mobile electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the second screen contains a screen for controlling the mobile electronic device.

3. The mobile electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the second screen contains a screen for controlling various functions related to the phone call of the mobile electronic device.

4. A control method of a mobile electronic device that includes a communication unit,
a proximity sensor, and
a display, the control method comprising:
performing communication for a phone call made by the communication unit; and
during the phone call made by the communication unit,
displaying a first screen on the display,
turning off the display with the first screen being displayed thereon, when the proximity sensor detects a presence of an object in proximity of the display,
after the display has been turned off, determining that redisplaying is needed when the proximity sensor no longer detects the presence of the object in proximity of the display, and
displaying a second screen different from the first screen on the display when redisplaying is determined to be needed.

5. The control method according to claim 4 , wherein the second screen contains a screen for controlling the mobile electronic device.

6. The control method according to claim 4 , wherein the second screen contains a screen for controlling various functions related to the phone call of the mobile electronic device.

7. A computer program product having computer instructions, stored on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, for enabling a computer of a mobile electronic device including a communication module,
a proximity sensor, and
a display executing the computer instructions to perform operations comprising:
performing communication for a phone call made by the communication unit; and
during the phone call made by the communication unit, displaying a first screen on the display,
turning off the display with the first screen being displayed thereon, when the proximity sensor detects a presence of an object in proximity of the display,
after the display has been turned off, determining that redisplaying is needed when the proximity sensor no longer detects the presence of the object in proximity of the display, and
displaying a second screen different from the first screen on the display when redisplaying is determined to be needed.

8. The computer program product according to claim 7 , wherein the second screen contains a screen for controlling the mobile electronic device.

9. The computer program product according to claim 7 , wherein the second screen contains a screen for controlling various functions related to the phone call of the mobile electronic device.

Assignees

• Kyocera Corp

Inventors

• Noda Keiichi

Classifications

• H04M1/72563

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04M1/72519

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04M1/72597 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04M1/724 Primary

  User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones · CPC title

• H04M1/72448

  with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions · CPC title