Portable electronic device
AssigneeKYOCERA Corporation
InventorSeiji KATO
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Abstract
A portable electronic device includes a receiver, a sound output module, and a controller configured to control the receiver and the sound output module. Upon occurrence of at least one of an ear of a user of the portable electronic device approaching the portable electronic device and the ear of the user coming into contact with the portable electronic device while performing a sound output process of causing the sound output module to output sound, the controller performs a sound playback process of playing back the sound output from the sound output module in the sound output process and causing the receiver to output the sound.
Claims16
A portable electronic device comprising:
- a receiver;
- a sound output module located separately from said receiver;
- and
- a controller configured to control said receiver and said sound output module,
- wherein upon occurrence of at least one of an ear of a user of said portable electronic device approaching said portable electronic device and the ear of said user coming into contact with said portable electronic device while performing a sound output process of causing said sound output module to output sound, said controller performs a sound playback process of playing back the sound output from said sound output module in said sound output process and causing said receiver to output the played-back sound.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.