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US 9,432,936 B2Granted
Portable electronic device
AssigneeKYOCERA Corporation
InventorSunao Hashimoto
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Abstract
According to an embodiment of the disclosure, a portable electronic device provided with: a first communication module configured to perform communication by a first communication standard; a second communication module configured to perform communication by a second communication standard; and a control module configured to use the second communication module to search for a base station, based on traffic of communication performed by the first communication module.
Claims12
A portable electronic device, comprising:
- a first communication module configured to perform communication by a first communication standard;
- a second communication module configured to perform communication by a second communication standard;
- and
- a control module configured to use the second communication module to search for a base station, based on a traffic of communication performed by the first communication module,
- wherein
- the traffic of the communication includes volume of the communication,
- the control module is configured to use, in a case in which the volume of the communication is at least a first value, the second communication module to search for the base station,
- wherein, in a case in which the base station is not found, the controller discontinues searching for the base station, and
- wherein, in a case in which a certain period of time has elapsed after a discontinuance, and the value of communication by the first communication module is at least a second value after the discontinuance,
- the control module is configured to search for the base station again.
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A portable electronic device, comprising:
- a first communication module configured to perform communication by a first communication standard;
- a second communication module configured to perform communication by a second communication standard;
- a control module configured to use the second communication module to search for a base station, based on a traffic of communication performed by the first communication module,
- wherein
- the traffic of the communication includes volume of the communication,
- the control module is configured to use, in a case in which the volume of the communication is at least a first value, the second communication module to search for the base station;
- and
- a calculating module configured to calculate a distance, the portable electronic device moved the distance,
- wherein, in a case in which the base station is searched for but not found, the control module discontinues searching for the base station, and
- wherein, in a case in which a certain period of time has elapsed after the discontinuance, the distance after the discontinuance is at least a certain value, and the value of communication performed by the first communication module is at least the second value after the discontinuance,
- the control module searches for the base station again.
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A portable electronic device, comprising:
- a first communication module configured to perform communication by a first communication standard;
- a second communication module configured to perform communication by a second communication standard;
- and
- a control module configured to use the second communication module to search for a base station, based on a traffic of communication performed by the first communication module,
- wherein
- the control module is configured to shift, in a case in which the base station is searched by searching, and second power consumption is lower than first power consumption, from communication by the first communication module to the communication by the second communication module,
- the first power consumption is consumed in a communication by the first communication module,
- the second power consumption is consumed in a communication by the second communication module,
- the first communication module is configured to communicate by cellular phone communication standards,
- the second communication module is configured to communicate by other communication standard, and
- the second power consumption further includes a power consumption in an intermittent communication by the first communication module.
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A portable electronic device, comprising:
- a first communication module configured to perform communication by a first communication standard;
- a second communication module configured to perform communication by a second communication standard;
- and
- a control module configured to use the second communication module to search for a base station, based on a traffic of communication performed by the first communication module,
- wherein
- the traffic of the communication includes volume of the communication,
- the control module is configured to use, in a case in which the volume of the communication is at least a first value, the second communication module to search for the base station,
- in a case in which the base station is not found, the control module is configured to discontinue searching for the base station,
- in a case in which a certain period of time has elapsed after a discontinuance of search, the control module is configured to measure the traffic of communication by the first communication module after the discontinuance of search and to obtain a second value, and
- in a case in which the second value is different from the first value, the control module is configured to search for the base station again.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.