Electronic device, system, notification method, and notification program
AssigneeAlpine Electronics, Inc.
InventorMasaki Mori
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Abstract
An in-vehicle device is capable of coupling to a portable terminal, receives content data played by the portable terminal that has been coupled, and outputs the content data that has been received. While music is being played back by the portable terminal, the in-vehicle device estimates a remaining battery level of the portable terminal after playback of the music to be next played back finishes, and provides, when the estimated value is a threshold value or less, notification of the remaining battery level before the playback of music starts and/or after the playback finishes.
Claims18
An electronic device configured to be coupled to a portable terminal, the electronic device comprising:
- a reception unit configured to receive content data played back by the portable terminal;
- an output unit configured to output the content data that has been received;
- an estimation unit configured to estimate a remaining battery level of the portable terminal after playback of a second content finishes, the second content to be played back following content being played back by the portable terminal;
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- a notification unit configured to provide notification of the remaining battery level through the output unit at least before the playback of the second content starts or after the playback of the second content finishes, based on an estimation result of the estimation unit.
A notification method of a remaining battery level in an electronic device configured to be coupled to a portable terminal, the notification method comprising:
- receiving content data played back by the portable terminal and outputting, from an output unit, the content data that has been received;
- estimating the remaining battery level of the portable terminal after playback of a second content finishes, the second content to be played back following content being played back by the portable terminal;
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- providing notification of the remaining battery level through the output unit at least before the playback of the second content starts or after the playback of the second content finishes, based on an estimation result of the estimating.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.