# US 2014/0152858 A1 · Electronic device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0152858 A1 - Document ID: US20140152858A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/175,538 - Filed: 2014-02-07 - Published: 2014-06-05 - Earliest claimed: 2012-08-09 - Assignees: Nikon Corporation - Applicants: Nikon Corporation - Inventors: Takeshi YAGI; Yasuhiro Sasaki; Takayuki Sawajiri - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140152858A1 ## CPC - G03B 15/00: Special procedures for taking photographs; Apparatus therefor - G03B 17/02: Bodies - G03B 17/38: Releasing-devices separate from shutter (integral with shutter G03B9/08) - G06F 3/041: Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means - G03B 2217/005: Blur detection - G06F 2200/1637: Sensing arrangement for detection of housing movement or orientation, e.g. for controlling scrolling or cursor movement on the display of an handheld computer - G03B: APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR (optical parts of such apparatus G02B; photosensitive materials or processes for photographic purposes G03C; apparatus for processing exposed photographic materials G03D) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract An electronic device includes a camera; an acceleration sensor that detects an acceleration applied to a housing; a posture determining unit that determines a posture of the housing based on a value detected by the acceleration sensor; and an activation control unit that activates the camera when the posture determining unit determines that the posture of the housing becomes an upright posture. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electronic device comprising: a housing; a camera; an acceleration sensor that detects an acceleration applied to the housing; a posture determining unit that determines a posture of the housing based on a value detected by the acceleration sensor; an activation control unit that activates the camera when the posture determining unit determines that the posture of the housing becomes an upright posture; and a grasping form recognizing unit that recognizes a user's grasping form of the housing, wherein the activation control unit activates the camera when the posture determining unit determines that the posture of the housing becomes the upright posture and the grasping form recognizing unit recognizes that the user's grasping form of the housing is not a grasping form of covering a lens of the camera. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising an illuminance sensor, wherein the grasping form recognizing unit recognizes whether the user's grasping form of the housing is a grasping form of covering the lens of the camera based on the detected value output from the illuminance sensor. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising a touch panel that detects a user's touch, wherein the grasping form recognizing unit recognizes whether the user's grasping form of the housing is a grasping form of covering the lens of the camera based on a position of the touch. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising a touch sensor that recognizes a touch of a side surface of the housing, wherein the grasping form recognizing unit recognizes whether the user's grasping form of the housing is a grasping form of covering the lens of the camera based on a position of the touch of the side surface. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the activation control unit temporarily activates the camera when the posture determining unit determines that the posture of the housing becomes the upright posture, and wherein the grasping form recognizing unit recognizes whether the user's grasping form of the housing is a grasping form of covering the lens of the camera based on an image captured by the camera which is temporarily activated. ### Claim 6 An electronic device comprising: a housing; a camera; an acceleration sensor that detects an acceleration applied to the housing; a posture determining unit that determines a posture of the housing based on a value detected by the acceleration sensor; an activation control unit that activates the camera when the posture determining unit determines that the posture of the housing becomes an upright posture; and a movement recognizing unit that recognizes movement of the housing based on a value detected by the acceleration sensor, wherein the activation control unit activates the camera when the posture determining unit determines that the posture of the housing becomes the upright posture and the movement recognizing unit recognizes that the housing is shaken. ### Claim 7 An electronic device comprising: a housing; a camera; an acceleration sensor that detects an acceleration applied to the housing; a posture determining unit that determines a posture of the housing based on a value detected by the acceleration sensor; an activation control unit that activates the camera when the posture determining unit determines that the posture of the housing becomes an upright posture; and a pressure sensor that detects a pressure applied to a predetermined position of the housing, wherein the activation control unit activates the camera when the posture determining unit determines that the posture of the housing becomes the upright posture and the pressure sensor detects a pressure applied to the predetermined position of the housing. ### Claim 8 An electronic device comprising: a housing; an acceleration sensor that detects an acceleration applied to the housing; a posture determining unit that determines a posture of the housing based on a value detected by the acceleration sensor; an activation control unit that activates the camera when the posture determining unit determines that the posture of the housing becomes an upright posture; and a plurality of other functions other than the function of the camera, wherein the activation control unit controls activation of the plurality of other functions in addition to the activation of the camera and activates the camera when the posture determining unit determines that the posture of the housing becomes the upright posture and a predetermined function is activated.