# US 2016/0366273 A1 · Mobile terminal, non-transitory computer readable recording medium, and notification control method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2016/0366273 A1 - Document ID: US20160366273A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/249,017 - Filed: 2016-08-26 - Published: 2016-12-15 - Earliest claimed: 2014-06-24 - Assignees: KYOCERA Corporation - Applicants: Kyocera Corporation - Inventors: Hiroki KOBAYASHI - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20160366273A1 ## CPC - G06F 3/0488: using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures - G06F 1/1643: {the display being associated to a digitizer, e.g. laptops that can be used as penpads (details related to the relative motion of the display enclosure with respect to the body enclosure, e.g. to move between laptop and tablet PC configuration G06F1/1615)} - G06F 1/1684: {Constructional details or arrangements related to integrated I/O peripherals not covered by groups G06F1/1635 - G06F1/1675} - G06F 1/3206: Monitoring of events, devices or parameters that trigger a change in power modality - G06F 1/3231: Monitoring the presence, absence or movement of users - G06F 3/016: {Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user} - G06F 3/0416: {Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers} - G06F 3/14: Digital output to display device {; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units} - G09G 5/377: for mixing or overlaying two or more graphic patterns (G09G5/02, G09G5/397 take precedence) - H04M 1/00: Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers (subscriber services or facilities provided at exchanges H04M3/00; prepayment telephone coin boxes H04M17/00; current supply arrangements H04M19/08) - H04M 1/724: User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones - H04M 1/72469: for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons - G06F 1/3203: Power management, i.e. event-based initiation of a power-saving mode - G06F 1/3209: Monitoring remote activity, e.g. over telephone lines or network connections - G06F 1/3246: by software initiated power-off - G06F 1/3287: by switching off individual functional units in the computer system - G06F 1/3296: by lowering the supply or operating voltage - G06F 3/04817: using icons (graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34) - G06F 2203/04108: Touchless 2D- digitiser, i.e. digitiser detecting the X/Y position of the input means, finger or stylus, also when it does not touch, but is proximate to the digitiser's interaction surface without distance measurement in the Z direction - G09G 2330/022: in absence of operation, e.g. no data being entered during a predetermined time - G09G 2340/12: Overlay of images, i.e. displayed pixel being the result of switching between the corresponding input pixels - G09G 2360/144: the light being ambient light - H04M 2250/12: including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion - H04W 4/023: {using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds} - Y02D 10/00: Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00) - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - 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 mobile terminal, a non-transitory computer readable recording medium, and a notification method are disclosed. A proximity sensor detects the proximity of an object. An illumination sensor detects an illumination. A processor provides a specific notification upon detection of a touch operation when the proximity sensor detects the proximity of the object and the illumination is smaller than a predetermined value. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A mobile terminal comprising: a touch panel; a proximity sensor configured to detect proximity of an object; an illumination sensor configured to detect an illumination; and a processor configured to provide a specific notification upon detection of a touch operation when the proximity sensor detects the proximity of the object and the illumination is smaller than a predetermined value. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the processor notifies a user by vibration that a touch operation has been detected when the proximity sensor detects the proximity of the object and the illumination is smaller than the predetermined value. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The mobile terminal according to claim 1, further comprising a display on which the touch panel is provided, wherein the processor causes the display to display a pop-up upon detection of a touch operation when the proximity sensor detects the proximity of the object and the illumination is smaller than the predetermined value. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The mobile terminal according to claim 1, further comprising a display on which the touch panel is provided, wherein the processor causes the display to display a pop-up when the proximity sensor detects the proximity of the object and the illumination is smaller than the predetermined value. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The mobile terminal according to claim 3, wherein the processor causes the display to delete the pop-up when the proximity sensor no longer detects the proximity of the object or the illumination is greater than the predetermined value. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The mobile terminal according to claim 4, wherein the processor causes the display to delete the pop-up when the proximity sensor no longer detects the proximity of the object or the illumination is greater than the predetermined value. ### Claim 7 (depends on 3) The mobile terminal according to claim 3, wherein the processor causes the display to delete the pop-up when the proximity sensor no longer detects the proximity of the object while the display displays an incoming call screen. ### Claim 8 (depends on 4) The mobile terminal according to claim 4, wherein the processor causes the display to delete the pop-up when the proximity sensor no longer detects the proximity of the object while the display displays an incoming call screen. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The mobile terminal according to claim 1, further comprising a power supply configured to supply power, wherein the processor powers on the proximity sensor and the illumination sensor when an event occurs. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The mobile terminal according to claim 9, wherein the processor powers off the proximity sensor and the illumination sensor when the proximity sensor no longer detects the proximity of the object or the illumination is greater than the predetermined value. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The mobile terminal according to claim 9, wherein the event comprises an incoming call, and the processor powers off the illumination sensor when the proximity sensor no longer detects the proximity of the object after the incoming call occurs. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the processor performs a predetermined process upon detection of a touch operation in a predetermined area of the touch panel, and the processor provides the specific notification upon detection of a touch operation at any position in the touch panel when the proximity sensor detects the proximity of the object and the illumination is smaller than the predetermined value. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the processor performs a predetermined process upon detection of a touch operation in a predetermined area of the touch panel, and the processor provides the specific notification upon detection of a touch operation in the predetermined area when the proximity sensor detects the proximity of the object and the illumination is smaller than the predetermined value. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The mobile terminal according to claim 12, further comprising a display on which the touch panel is provided, wherein the predetermined area corresponds to an object displayed on the display. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The mobile terminal according to claim 13, further comprising a display on which the touch panel is provided, wherein the predetermined area corresponds to an object displayed on the display. ### Claim 16 A non-transitory computer readable recording medium that stores a notification control program for controlling a processor of a mobile terminal comprising a touch panel, a proximity sensor configured to detect proximity of an object, and an illumination sensor configured to detect an illumination, the notification control program causing the processor to execute the step of providing a specific notification upon detection of a touch operation when the proximity sensor detects the proximity of the object and the illumination is smaller than a predetermined value. ### Claim 17 A notification control method by a mobile terminal comprising a touch panel, a proximity sensor configured to detect proximity of an object, and an illumination sensor configured to detect an illumination, the method comprising providing, by a processor of the mobile terminal, a specific notification upon detection of a touch operation when the proximity sensor detects the proximity of the object and the illumination is smaller than a predetermined value.