Electronic device, determination method, and program

An electronic device, comprising:

• a communication unit configured to perform communication with an external device;
• a magnetic sensor configured to detect magnetism;
• an acceleration sensor configured to detect acceleration;
• and
• a controller configured to determine a type of a moving state of a user of the electronic device, based on a detection as to whether the communication unit performs communication with the external device and the magnetism detected by the magnetic sensor,
• wherein
• the controller is configured to,
• in response to,
• a determination (i), based on a result of the detection that the communication unit has completed communication with the external device, that the user has entered a train station, and
• a determination (ii) that a last determined moving state of the user, which was determined based on the magnetism detected by the magnetic sensor, was not a moving state by train,
• make a determination (iii), after the determination (ii) that the user has got on a train,
• the electronic device is a mobile phone,
• the external device is an automatic ticket gate at a train station,
• the communication unit is configured to communicate with the automatic ticket gate by non-contact IC communication, and
• the controller is configured to deliver information that the user has got on the train to the predetermined person by mail when the acceleration sensor detects that the user has walked a predetermined number of steps or more.

A determination method in an electronic device including an acceleration sensor, a magnetic sensor, a communication unit, and a controller, the determination method comprising:

• detecting acceleration using the acceleration sensor;
• detecting magnetism using the magnetic sensor;
• and
• determining a type of a moving state of a user of the electronic device, based on the acceleration detected by the acceleration sensor and the magnetism detected by the magnetic sensor,
• wherein
• said determining comprises,
• in response to,
• a determination (i), based on the acceleration detected by the acceleration sensor, that the moving state of the user is not a moving state by vehicle, and
• a determination (ii) that a last determined moving state of the user, which was determined based on the magnetism detected by the magnetic sensor before the determination (i), was a moving state by train,
• making a determination (iii), after the determination (ii) and based on a number of steps the user has walked, whether
• the user has got off a train, or
• the moving state of the user is the moving state by train,
• the type of the moving state of the user of the electronic device is determined further based on a result of detection as to whether the communication unit performs communication with an external device,
• the electronic device is a mobile phone,
• the external device is an automatic ticket gate at a train station, and
• the communication unit communicates with the automatic ticket gate by non-contact IC communication.