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US 11,307,690 B2Granted
Electronic device, program, and control method
AssigneeKYOCERA Corporation
InventorsKenji Shimada, Shigeki Tanabe, Koutaro Yamauchi, Manabu Sakuma, Hideki Morita, Yasuhiro Ueno, Isao Masuike
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Abstract
Provided are an electronic device, a program, and a control method capable of improving detection accuracy. An electronic device includes a proximity sensor, a ranging sensor, and a controller configured to switch a sensor to be operated between the proximity sensor and the ranging sensor in accordance with the distance between an object to be detected and the electronic device.
Claims15
An electronic device comprising:
- a proximity sensor;
- a ranging sensor;
- and
- a controller configured to switch a sensor to be operated between the proximity sensor and the ranging sensor in accordance with a distance between an object to be detected and the electronic device, wherein
- distances at which the proximity sensor and the ranging sensor are capable of detecting the object to be detected are different,
- the controller is configured to detect the object by the ranging sensor in a range where the object is detected by the proximity sensor through a protective sheet which affects a value of the range in which the proximity sensor detects the object,
- the controller is further configured to estimate a distance from a user to the electronic device based on a distance to the user detected by the ranging sensor, and to turn a display of the electronic device on or off based on the estimated distance, and
- the controller is further configured to perform at least one of the following:
- switch the proximity sensor from an on state to an off state, and switch the ranging sensor from an off state to an on state, in response to the object being no longer detected by the proximity sensor;
- and
- switch the ranging sensor from an on state to an off state, and switch the proximity sensor from an off state to an on state, in response to the object being no longer detected by the ranging sensor.
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An electronic device comprising:
- a proximity sensor;
- a ranging sensor;
- and
- a controller configured to detect a gesture based on output of the proximity sensor and the ranging sensor, wherein
- distances at which the proximity sensor and the ranging sensor are capable of detecting the object to be detected are different,
- the controller is configured to detect the object by the ranging sensor in a range where the object is detected by the proximity sensor through a protective sheet which affects a value of the range in which the proximity sensor detects the object,
- the controller is further configured to estimate a distance from a user to the electronic device based on a distance to the user detected by the ranging sensor, and to turn a display of the electronic device on or off based on the estimated distance, and
- the controller is further configured to perform at least one of the following:
- switch the proximity sensor from an on state to an off state, and switch the ranging sensor from an off state to an on state, in response to the object being no longer detected by the proximity sensor;
- and
- switch the ranging sensor from an on state to an off state, and switch the proximity sensor from an off state to an on state, in response to the object being no longer detected by the ranging sensor.
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A control method for an electronic device comprising a proximity sensor, a ranging sensor, and a controller, the control method comprising:
- detecting, using the controller, a gesture based on output of the proximity sensor and the ranging sensor, such that distances at which the proximity sensor and the ranging sensor are capable of detecting the object to be detected are different,
- detecting the object, using the controller, by the ranging sensor in a range where the object is detected by the proximity sensor through a protective sheet which affects a value of the range in which the proximity sensor detects the object,
- estimating, using the controller, a distance from a user to the electronic device based on a distance to the user detected by the ranging sensor, and turning a display of the electronic device on or off based on the estimated distance, and
- performing, using the controller, at least one of the following:
- switching the proximity sensor from an on state to an off state, and switching the ranging sensor from an off state to an on state, in response to the object being no longer detected by the proximity sensor;
- and
- switching the ranging sensor from an on state to an off state, and switching the proximity sensor from an off state to an on state, in response to the object being no longer detected by the ranging sensor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.