Control device, terminal device, cradle, notification system, control method, and storage medium

A control device which controls a terminal device mounted to a cradle, comprising:

• person detecting circuitry configured to search for and detect a person in an area surrounding the terminal device with use of information indicating a state of the area surrounding the terminal device, in a case where a specific event has occurred in the terminal device;
• output control circuitry configured to control output circuitry to output audio indicating the specific event;
• instruction transmitting circuitry configured to (i) transmit a first rotation instruction to the cradle in a case where the person detecting circuitry is to commence a search, the first rotation instruction being for rotating the cradle and (ii) transmit a second rotation instruction to the cradle in a case where, as a result of the search, the person detecting circuitry has detected the person, the second rotation instruction being for rotating the cradle in a mode of rotation which mode differs from that of the first rotation instruction, wherein
• the second rotation instruction is for rotating the cradle through an angle of rotation which is (i) smaller than an angle of rotation instructed by the first rotation instruction and (ii) measured with respect to a direction that the cradle faces when the person detecting circuitry detects the person
• in a case where the person detecting circuitry has detected the person, the instruction transmitting circuitry transmits to the cradle a stop instruction for stopping rotation being carried out in accordance with the first rotation instruction, and subsequently transmits the second rotation instruction;
• in the second rotation instruction, a direction that the cradle faces when the cradle stops rotating in accordance with the stop instruction is considered to be direction that the cradle faces when the person detecting circuitry detects the person;
• and
• the second rotation instruction instructs the cradle to repeatedly rotate left and right through a predetermined angle of rotation which is measured with respect to the direction that the cradle faces when the cradle stops rotating in accordance with the stop instruction.