Portable electronic device, method for controlling same, and program

A portable electronic device comprising:

• a detection section for detecting a contact pattern of a contact object to a housing;
• a storage section capable of storing an operating state of the portable electronic device and the contact pattern in association with each other;
• a judgment section for judging whether or not a contact pattern corresponding to the contact pattern detected by the detection section has been stored in the storage section;
• a control section for controlling the portable electronic device to enter the operating state associated with the contact pattern and stored in the storage section when the judgment section judges that the corresponding contact pattern has been stored in the storage section;
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• a learning section for storing, in the storage section, the contact pattern detected by the detection section and an operating state of the portable electronic device executed by a user when or immediately after the contact pattern is detected in association with each other.

A method for controlling a portable electronic device comprising:

• a detection step of detecting a contact pattern of a contact object to a housing;
• a storage step capable of storing an operating state of the portable electronic device and the contact pattern in a storage section in association with each other;
• a judgment step of judging whether or not a contact pattern corresponding to the contact pattern detected in the detection step has been stored in the storage section;
• a control step of controlling the portable electronic device to enter the operating state associated with the contact pattern and stored in the storage section when the corresponding contact pattern is judged to have been stored in the storage section in the judgment step;
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• a learning step of storing, in the storage section, the contact pattern detected in the detection step and an operating state of the portable electronic device executed by a user when or immediately after the contact pattern is detected in association with each other.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having a program stored thereon that is executable by a computer of a portable electronic device to actualize functions comprising:

• a detection section for detecting a contact pattern of a contact object to a housing;
• a storage section capable of storing an operating state of the portable electronic device and the contact pattern in association with each other;
• a judgment section for judging whether or not a contact pattern corresponding to the contact pattern detected by the detection section has been stored in the storage section;
• a control section for controlling the portable electronic device to enter the operating state associated with the contact pattern and stored in the storage section when the judgment section judges that the corresponding contact pattern has been stored in the storage section;
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• a learning section for storing, in the storage section, the contact pattern detected by the detection section and an operating state of the portable electronic device executed by a user when or immediately after the contact pattern is detected in association with each other.