# US 2021/0243698 A1 · Program and electronic device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0243698 A1 - Document ID: US20210243698A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/757,454 - Filed: 2018-11-05 - Published: 2021-08-05 - Earliest claimed: 2017-11-06 - Assignees: Nikon Corporation - Applicants: Nikon Corporation - Inventors: Naotaka YAMASHITA - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210243698A1 ## CPC - H04W 52/0261: {managing power supply demand, e.g. depending on battery level} - 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) - H04Q 9/00: Arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom - H04W 4/026: {using orientation information, e.g. compass} - H04W 4/029: Location-based management or tracking services - H04W 52/0229: {where the received signal is a wanted signal} - H04W 52/0235: {where the received signal is a power saving command} - H04W 52/0245: {according to signal strength} - Y02D 30/70: in wireless communication networks - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) - H04Q: SELECTING (switches, relays, selectors H01H; wireless communication networks H04W) - 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 program causes a processor to execute: acquisition processing through which information related to a position is obtained; first transmission processing through which a signal that causes an external device in a first state to shift into a second state is transmitted; and second transmission processing through which, after the first transmission processing, the information obtained through the acquisition processing is transmitted to the external device. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A program for a processor to execute: acquisition processing through which information related to a position is obtained; first transmission processing through which a signal that causes an external device in a first state to shift into a second state is transmitted; and second transmission processing through which, after the first transmission processing, the information obtained through the acquisition processing is transmitted to the external device. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The program according to claim 1, wherein: an electronic device that includes the processor is set to either a first mode or a second mode; and through the first transmission processing, a signal that causes the external device to shift from the first state to the second state is transmitted based upon the mode set for the electronic device. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The program according to claim 2, wherein: in the second transmission processing, the information is transmitted over longer intervals when the second mode is set, in comparison to intervals over which the information is transmitted when the first mode is set. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The program according to claim 2, wherein: less power is consumed at the electronic device when the second mode is set in comparison to power consumed at the electronic device when the first mode is set. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The program according to claim 2, wherein: the information is obtained through the acquisition processing less frequently when the second mode is set, in comparison to a frequency with which the information is obtained when the first mode is set. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The program according to claim 2, wherein: the second state is a state in which more power is consumed at the external device in comparison to power consumed in the first state. ### Claim 7 (depends on 2) The program according to claim 2, wherein: the second state is a state in which an image is on display at a display unit included in the external device; and the first state is a state in which no image is on display at the display unit. ### Claim 8 (depends on 2) The program according to claim 2, wherein: the external device in the second state is able to receive the information and the external device in the first state is unable to receive the information. ### Claim 9 (depends on 2) The program according to claim 2, wherein: if the first mode is set at the electronic device and the external device is in the first state, the signal that causes the external device to shift from the first state to the second state is transmitted through the first transmission processing. ### Claim 10 (depends on 2) The program according to claim 2, further comprising: detection processing through which a state of the external device is detected based upon a signal received from the external device, wherein: upon detecting, through the detection processing, that the external device is currently in the first state, the signal that causes the external device to shift from the first state to the second state is transmitted through the first transmission processing. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The program according to claim 10, wherein: if the first mode is set at the electronic device, the signal that causes the external device to shift from the first state to the second state is transmitted through the first transmission processing. ### Claim 12 (depends on 2) The program according to claim 2, wherein: at least one of; position information indicating a position of the electronic device, altitude information indicating an altitude of the electronic device and water depth information indicating a depth at which the electronic device is located in water, is obtained as the information through the acquisition processing. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The program according to claim 1, wherein: the external device is a digital camera. ### Claim 14 An electronic device, comprising: an acquisition unit that obtains information related to a position; and a transmission unit that transmits the information obtained by the acquisition unit after transmitting a signal that causes an external device in a first state to shift into a second state. ### Claim 15 An electronic device having a first state and a second state in which more power is consumed in comparison to power consumed in the first state, comprising: a generation unit that generates data; a reception unit that receives, from an external device, information related to a position; and a control unit that changes over between the first state and the second state, and correlates the data generated by the generation unit with the information related to a position received by the reception unit, wherein: the control unit correlates the data generated by the generation unit with the information related to a position received by the reception unit after shifting from the first state to the second state according to a signal from the external device. ### Claim 16 (canceled) ### Claim 17 An electronic device having a generation unit that generates data, comprising: a reception unit that receives, from an external device, information related to a position; a storage unit in which the information related to a position received by the reception unit is stored; and a control unit that correlates the data generated by the generation unit with the information related to a position stored in the storage unit, wherein: if the information related to a position stored in the storage unit was received by the reception unit prior to a time point at which the electronic device has been activated, the control unit does not correlate the data generated by the generation unit with the information related to a position stored in the storage unit. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The electronic device according to claim 17, wherein: the control unit correlates the data generated by the generation unit with the information received by the reception unit after the time point at which the electronic device has been activated. ### Claim 19 An electronic device comprising: a generation unit that generates data; a reception unit that receives, from an external device, information related to a position; a storage unit in which the information related to a position received by the reception unit is stored; and a control unit that correlates the data generated by the generation unit with the information related to a position stored in the storage unit, wherein: if a predetermined length of time has elapsed since a time point at which the information related to a position stored in the storage unit was received by the reception unit, the control unit does not correlate the data generated by the generation unit with the information related to a position stored in the storage unit. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The electronic device according to claim 19, wherein: if a predetermined length of time has elapsed since the time point at which the information related to a position stored in the storage unit was received by the reception unit, the control unit correlates the data generated by the generation unit with the information related to a position newly received by the reception unit. ### Claim 21 (depends on 14) The electronic device according to claim 14, wherein: the second state is a state in which more power is consumed at the external device in comparison to power consumed in the first state.