# US 11,163,289 B2 · Control device, terminal device, cradle, notification system, control method, and storage medium > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,163,289 B2 - Document ID: US11163289B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/486,335 - Filed: 2017-12-20 - Published: 2019-12-05 - Granted: 2021-11-02 - Earliest claimed: 2017-02-24 - Assignees: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Noriaki Murakami - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11163289B2 ## CPC - H04B 1/3877: Arrangements for enabling portable transceivers to be used in a fixed position, e.g. cradles or boosters - G05B 19/402: characterised by control arrangements for positioning, e.g. centring a tool relative to a hole in the workpiece, additional detection means to correct position (G05B19/19 takes precedence) - G06F 3/165: {Management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path} - G06F 3/167: {Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback} - G06V 10/24: Aligning, centring, orientation detection or correction of the image - G06V 40/10: Human or animal bodies, e.g. vehicle occupants or pedestrians; Body parts, e.g. hands - H04M 1/00: Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers (subscriber services or facilities provided at exchanges H04M3/00; prepayment telephone coin boxes H04M17/00; current supply arrangements H04M19/08) - H04M 1/12: Adjustable supports, e.g. extensible - H04W 68/005: {Transmission of information for alerting of incoming communication} - G05B 2219/39483: Control angle of rotation - H04B: TRANSMISSION - G05B: CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS (systems for controlling or regulating non-electric variables G05D; systems for regulating electric or magnetic variables G05F; control devices or systems insofar as characterised by mechanical features only G05G) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G06V: IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract An aspect of the present disclosure more effectively provides notification of information. A control section (10) includes: a person detecting section (13) configured to detect a person in a case where it has been detected that a target event has occurred; an output control section (14) configured to control a speaker (50) to output audio indicating the target event in a case where the target event has occurred; and a command preparing section (15) configured to (i) transmit a rotation instruction to a charging station (2) in a case where detection of a person is to be commenced and (ii) transmit a subtle rotation instruction in a case where the person has been detected. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The control device as set forth in claim 1, wherein once the specific event has occurred, the output control circuitry controls the output circuitry to output the audio indicating the specific event until the specific event ends. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The control device as set forth in claim 1, wherein the output control circuitry controls the output circuitry to output the audio indicating the specific event after the person detecting circuitry has detected the person. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) A terminal device comprising: the control device recited in claim 1; the output circuitry; and a connector connected with the cradle. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) A cradle comprising: instruction receiving circuitry configured to receive instructions from the control device recited in claim 1; and operation circuitry configured to (i) cause a housing of the cradle to rotate in a case where the instruction receiving circuitry has received the first rotation instruction and (ii) cause the housing to rotate in a mode of rotation which mode differs from that of the first rotation instruction, in a case where the instruction receiving circuitry has received the second rotation instruction. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) A notification system comprising: the control device recited in claim 1; a terminal comprising the control device; and a cradle comprising: instruction receiving circuitry configured to receive instructions from the control device; and operation circuitry configured to (i) cause a housing of the cradle to rotate in a case where the instruction receiving circuitry has received the first rotation instruction and (ii) cause the housing to rotate in a mode of rotation which mode differs from that of the first rotation instruction, in a case where the instruction receiving circuitry has received the second rotation instruction. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing therein a control program for causing a computer to function as the control device recited in claim 1, the control program causing the computer to function as the person detecting circuitry, the output control circuitry, and the instruction transmitting circuitry. ### Claim 8 A method of control for a control device which controls a terminal device mounted to a cradle, the method comprising the steps of: (a) searching for and detecting 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; (b) controlling output circuitry to output audio indicating the specific event; (c) transmitting a first rotation instruction to the cradle in a case where a search is to be commenced in the step (a), the first rotation instruction being for rotating the cradle; and (d) transmitting a second rotation instruction to the cradle in a case where, as a result of the search, the person has been detected, 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 transmitted 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.