# US 9,871,908 B2 · Electronic device, notification control method, non-transitory storage medium, and notification control system

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- Number: US 9,871,908 B2
- Document ID: US9871908B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/120,740
- Filed: 2014-07-30
- Published: 2016-12-15
- Granted: 2018-01-16
- Earliest claimed: 2014-02-27
- Assignees: KYOCERA Corporation
- Applicants: KYOCERA Corporation
- Inventors: Shigeki Tanabe; Hideki Morita; Isao Masuike
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9871908B2

## CPC

- H04M 1/72454: according to context-related or environment-related conditions
- G08B 3/1008: {Personal calling arrangements or devices, i.e. paging systems (selective calling systems and call receivers H04W84/00, H04W68/00)}
- G08B 6/00: Tactile signalling systems, e.g. tactile personal calling systems
- H04W 84/12: WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]
- H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08)
- G08B: SIGNALLING SYSTEMS, e.g. PERSONAL CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)

## Abstract

An electronic device includes a controller for distinguishing a moving state of a user, and a notificator for notifying the user of occurrence of a predetermined event by sound or vibration. The controller decides a notification time period for the notificator according to the moving state at the time of the occurrence of the event, and can thereby adjust the notification time period for the notificator according to the moving state of the user.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An electronic device comprising:
a controller configured to distinguish a moving state of a user out of a plurality of moving states; and
a notificator configured to notify the user of occurrence of a predetermined event by sound or vibration, wherein
the controller is configured to:
decide a notification duration for the notificator according to the moving state at the time of the occurrence of the predetermined event, and
reduce the notification duration in response to a change in the moving state, during notifying the user of the occurrence of the predetermined event, when the moving state after the change is a stop state.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein
the controller is configured to decide the notification duration based on a notification duration corresponding to a predetermined moving state out of the plurality of the moving states according to the moving state at the time of the occurrence of the predetermined event.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein
the controller is configured to:
distinguish the stop state, a walking state, and a running state as the moving state, and
decide the notification duration so that the notification duration in at least the running state, out of the walking state and the running state, is longer than the notification duration in the stop state at the time of the occurrence of the predetermined event.

### Claim 4

A notification control method in a controller, the method comprising:
distinguishing a moving state of a user out of a plurality of moving states;
in response to an occurrence of a predetermined event,
deciding a notification duration according to the distinguished moving state at the time of the occurrence of the predetermined event, and
notifying the user of the occurrence of the predetermined event for the decided notification duration by sound or vibration; and
during said notifying the user of the occurrence of the predetermined event, and in response to a change in the moving state when the moving state after the change is a stop state,
reducing the notification duration.

### Claim 5

A non-transitory storage medium that stores a notification control program for causing a controller to execute:
distinguishing a moving state of a user out of a plurality of moving states;
in response to an occurrence of a predetermined event,
deciding a notification duration according to the distinguished moving state at the time of the occurrence of the predetermined event, and
notifying the user of the occurrence of the predetermined event for the decided notification duration by sound or vibration; and
during said notifying the user of the occurrence of the predetermined event, and in response to a change in the moving state when the moving state after the change is a stop state,
reducing the notification duration.