# US 12,225,153 B2 · Portable terminal apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,225,153 B2 - Document ID: US12225153B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/460,978 - Filed: 2023-09-05 - Published: 2023-12-21 - Granted: 2025-02-11 - Earliest claimed: 2019-03-29 - Assignees: Maxell, Ltd. - Applicants: Maxell, Ltd. - Inventors: Nobuo Masuoka; Yasunobu Hashimoto - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12225153B2 ## CPC - H04M 1/72415: for remote control of appliances - G08C 17/02: using a radio link - G08C 2201/12: Power saving techniques of remote control or controlled devices - G08C 2201/30: User interface - G08C 2201/93: Remote control using other portable devices, e.g. mobile phone, PDA, laptop - Y02D 30/70: in wireless communication networks - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) - G08C: TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS FOR MEASURED VALUES, CONTROL OR SIMILAR SIGNALS (fluid pressure transmitting systems F15B; mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing member into a different variable G01D5/00; mechanical control systems G05G) - Y02D: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES [ICT], I.E. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AIMING AT THE REDUCTION OF THEIR OWN ENERGY USE ## Abstract A portable terminal apparatus includes a display unit displaying an image, an operation input unit inputting a user operation, and a wireless communication unit performing wireless communication by a wireless LAN, and at a time of startup from a sleep state, a remote control button is displayed on the display unit when a mutual communication with a predetermined access point can be performed in the wireless communication unit, and when the remote control button is selected, a remote control signal corresponding to the selected remote control button is transmitted. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for a portable terminal apparatus, the method comprising: receiving, by an operation input interface, an input corresponding to a user operation; performing wireless communication with an external device; controlling state transitions of the portable terminal apparatus to and from a sleep state; operating a display of the portable terminal apparatus in one of a plurality of display modes, the plurality of display modes including: a first display mode during which a first screen to be transitioned to a screen for performing authentication to execute an unlock operation is displayed on the display without display of a control icon for controlling the external device when the portable terminal apparatus wakes up from the sleep state with a first condition met, wherein the first condition is met when a control screen for remotely and wirelessly controlling the external device via the wireless communication is not displayed on the display before the portable terminal apparatus enters the sleep state; a second display mode during which the first screen to be transitioned to the screen for performing authentication to execute the unlock operation is displayed on the display without display of the control icon for controlling the external device when the portable terminal apparatus wakes up from the sleep state with a second condition met, wherein the second condition is met when the portable terminal apparatus is unable to communicate with the external device via the wireless communication and the control screen is displayed on the display before the portable terminal apparatus enters a sleep state; and a third display mode during which the control icon for controlling the external device and the first screen to be transitioned to the screen for performing authentication to execute the unlock operation are displayed on the display when the portable terminal apparatus wakes up from the sleep state with a third condition met, wherein the third condition is met when the portable terminal apparatus is able to communicate with the external device via the wireless communication and the control screen is displayed on the display before the portable terminal apparatus enters the sleep state, and wherein the control screen is used to execute control operations on the external device based on the input received by the operation input interface, and executing, in response to selecting the control icon in the third display mode without the unlock operation, a control corresponding to the selected control icon. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the performing the wireless communication with the external device includes implementing an encryption scheme. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method according to claim 2, wherein the encryption scheme is WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy). ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The method according to claim 2, wherein the encryption scheme is WPA (WiFi Protected Access). ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The method according to claim 2, wherein the encryption scheme is WPA (WiFi Protected Access) 2. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the control screen includes a plurality of selectable control icons that enable a user to execute the control operations on content being displayed under control of the external device, the control operations including an operation for selection of the content to be displayed. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising: determining a position of the portable terminal apparatus; determining a movement state of the portable terminal apparatus; determining angular movement of the portable terminal apparatus; and executing a predetermined operation when a user pushes a physical button. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising: executing a single predetermined operation when a user simultaneously pushes a plurality of physical buttons on the portable terminal apparatus. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the unlock operation in the first display mode, the second display mode, and the third display mode is initiated by sliding the first screen. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein in the third display mode, the control icon and the first screen are displayed simultaneously on the display and are arranged such that at least a portion of the control icon is displayed in a top half of the display screen. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the portable terminal apparatus has a function not to display the control icon even in the third display mode. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the portable terminal apparatus is configured to allow a user to select whether to display the control icon even in the third display mode. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the wireless communication is a Bluetooth communication. ### Claim 14 A portable terminal apparatus comprising: a display; an operation input interface configured to receive an input corresponding to a user operation; a wireless communication interface configured to perform wireless communication with an external device via a wireless communication; and a processor programmed to control state transitions of the portable terminal apparatus to and from a sleep state and further operating the display in one of a plurality of display modes, the plurality of display modes including: a first display mode during which a first screen to be transitioned to a screen for performing authentication to execute an unlock operation is displayed on the display without display of a control icon for controlling the external device when the portable terminal apparatus wakes up from a sleep state with a first condition met, wherein the first condition is met when a control screen for remotely and wirelessly controlling the external device via the wireless communication interface is not displayed on the display before the portable terminal apparatus enters a sleep state; a second display mode during which the first screen to be transitioned to the screen for performing authentication to execute the unlock operation is displayed on the display without display of the control icon for controlling the external device when the portable terminal apparatus wakes up from the sleep state with a second condition met, wherein the second condition is met when the wireless communication interface is unable to communicate with the external device and the control screen is displayed on the display before the portable terminal apparatus enters a sleep state; and a third display mode during which the control icon for controlling the external device and the first screen to be transitioned to the screen for performing authentication to execute the unlock operation are displayed on the display when the portable terminal apparatus wakes up from the sleep state with a third condition met, wherein the third condition is met when the wireless communication interface is able to communicate with the external device and the control screen is displayed on the display before the portable terminal apparatus enters the sleep state, wherein the control screen is used to execute control operations on the external device based on the input received by the operation input interface, and wherein the processor is programmed, in response to selecting the control icon in the third display mode without the unlock operation, to execute a control corresponding to the selected control icon. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The portable terminal apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the portable terminal apparatus is a smartphone and the external device is used for display of a video content. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The portable terminal apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the control screen includes a plurality of selectable control icons that enable a user to execute control operations on content being displayed under the control of the external device, the control operations including an operation for selection of the content to be displayed. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The portable terminal apparatus according to claim 14, further comprising: a GPS receiver; a sensor determining a movement state of the portable terminal apparatus; an infrared sensor; a gyro sensor determining angular movement of the portable terminal apparatus; and a physical button executing a predetermined operation when a user pushes the physical button. ### Claim 18 (depends on 14) The portable terminal apparatus according to claim 14, further comprising: a plurality of physical buttons, wherein simultaneous pushing of the plurality of physical buttons results in a single predetermined operation being executed by the portable terminal apparatus. ### Claim 19 (depends on 14) The portable terminal apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the unlock operation in the first display mode, the second display mode, and the third display mode is initiated by sliding the first screen. ### Claim 20 (depends on 14) The portable terminal apparatus according to claim 14, wherein in the third display mode, the control icon and the first screen are displayed simultaneously on the display and are arranged such that at least a portion of the control icon is displayed in a top half of the display screen. ### Claim 21 (depends on 14) The portable terminal apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the wireless communication interface is configured to communicate with the external device by implementing an encryption scheme. ### Claim 22 (depends on 21) The portable terminal apparatus according to claim 21, wherein the encryption scheme is WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy). ### Claim 23 (depends on 21) The portable terminal apparatus according to claim 21, wherein the encryption scheme is WPA (WiFi Protected Access). ### Claim 24 (depends on 21) The portable terminal apparatus according to claim 21, wherein the encryption scheme is WPA (WiFi Protected Access) 2. ### Claim 25 (depends on 14) The portable terminal apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the portable terminal apparatus has a function not to display the control icon even in the third display mode. ### Claim 26 (depends on 14) The portable terminal apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the portable terminal apparatus is configured to allow a user to select whether to display the control icon even in the third display mode. ### Claim 27 (depends on 14) The portable terminal apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the wireless communication is a Bluetooth communication.