Electronic apparatus, method for controlling electronic apparatus, and control program for the same

A method of controlling an electronic apparatus equipped with a proximity sensor to detect an object on a detection region within a proximity range and to create an output, and at least one device controlled based on a control signal, comprising:

• being able to set by switching a first mode that executes a first control with respect to the at least one device or a control circuit itself in response to an output of the proximity sensor corresponding to a first movement of the object relative to the proximity sensor and a second mode that skips the first control for an output of the proximity sensor corresponding to the first movement;
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• switching from the second mode to the first mode or from the first mode to the second mode base on an output of the proximity sensor corresponding to a second movement of the object, different from the first movement, relative to the proximity sensor,
• wherein the second movement is a movement in which the object stays at the detection region for a first time, and thereafter, leaves the detection region within a second time from there, and
• wherein the proximity sensor detects a direction in which the object enters the detection region and a direction in which the object leaves the detection region, and, when the control circuit determines based on an output of the proximity sensor such that at least a part of the object has entered the detection region from a first direction, has stayed for the first time or more, and then, has left the detection region in a second direction within the second time, the control circuit switches from the second mode to the first mode.

A non-transitory control program for an electronic apparatus equipped with a proximity sensor to detect an object on a detection region within a proximity range and to create an output, at least one device controlled based on a control signal, and a control circuit to create a control signal to control the device based on an output of the proximity sensor, comprising:

• controlling based on the control program the control circuit so as to be able to execute a first mode that executes a first control with respect to the at least one device or the control circuit itself in response to an output of the proximity sensor corresponding to a first movement of the object relative to the proximity sensor and a second mode that skips the first control for an output of the proximity sensor corresponding to the first movement;
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• switching from the second mode to the first mode or from the first mode to the second mode based on an output of the proximity sensor corresponding to a second movement of the object, different from the first movement, relative to the proximity sensor,
• wherein the second movement is a movement in which the object stays at the detection region for a first time, and thereafter, leaves the detection region within a second time from there, and
• wherein the proximity sensor detects a direction in which the object enters the detection region and a direction in which the object leaves the detection region, and, when the control circuit determines based on an output of the proximity sensor such that at least a part of the object has entered the detection region from a first direction, has stayed for the first time or more, and then, has left the detection region in a second direction within the second time, the control circuit switches from the second mode to the first mode.