Kyocera Corporation

Taro Iio

Yuya Yamaguchi

Manabu Sakuma

Tsuneo Miyashita

Makoto Honjo

Yudai Nagata

Masanori Morobishi

Ryohei Nakamura

Takayuki Fujiki

Shigeki Tanabe

Hideki Morita

Isao Masuike

Yasuhiro Ueno

Koutaro Yamauchi

Saya Shigeta

Yuuya Yamaguchi

Satoko Omura

Takuya Suekane

Provided is an electronic device comprising a sensor configured to detect a gesture without touching an own device and a controller configured to determine a hand of a user used for operation according to a driver's seat position and determine, according to the hand of the user used for operation, a direction of the gesture based on an output from the sensor.

Electronic device, moving body, program and control method

An electronic device includes a proximity sensor and a controller configured to determine a direction of a gesture by a user on the basis of an output from the proximity sensor and in accordance with the hand the user uses to operate the electronic device.

Electronic device, recording medium, and control method

An electronic device is provided with a touch panel of a capacitive type and a controller. The controller, based on a detection value of the touch panel, detects capacitance generated between the touch panel and a contact object and detects, as a contact region, a first region having the capacitance smaller than a capacitance of the other region of the touch panel.

Electronic device and control method

A mobile device includes an acceleration sensor, a touch screen and a controller. The acceleration sensor is capable of detecting a direction and a magnitude of acceleration acting on the mobile device. The touch screen is capable of measuring electrostatic distribution. The controller is capable of executing an estimation whether the mobile device is being immersed in water based on the electrostatic distribution. The controller periodically executes the estimation upon determining that the mobile device is moving in a direction opposite to a gravity direction based on the direction and the magnitude of the acceleration when estimating that the mobile device is being immersed in water.

Mobile device with periodic estimation of underwater state based on detected acceleration

There is provided an electronic device comprising: a first sensor configured to measure information for determining whether the electronic device is in water; a second sensor configured to measure information for determining whether the electronic device is held by a user of the electronic device; and at least one controller configured to determine whether the electronic device is in the water based on the information measured by the first sensor and thereafter determine whether the electronic device is held by the user of the electronic device based on the information measured by the second sensor.

Electronic device, control method, and non-transitory storage medium

Portable electronic apparatus includes a display unit (ELD); a first sensor element group (G) having a plurality of sensor elements (L-L) for detecting a contact and arranged continuously around the display unit side by side; a switch element formed where the first sensor element group is arranged; and a control unit for controlling the portable electronic apparatus to display a plurality of selection candidate items which can be displayed as an operation target region on the display unit, to monitor a change in a detection state of the first sensor element group and a state of the switch element, to change a selection state of a selection candidate item by changing the selection candidate items and/or the operation target region based on the change in the detection state of the first sensor element group, and to execute a selection candidate item in the selection state when the switch element is pressed.

Portable electronic apparatus and control method thereof

Suitable processing is performed considering a case where a confirmation notification of participation in group communication or other data communication was sent, but the notification is delayed and data communication has already ended when the notification arrives at the other party. The present communication apparatus includes a communication unitfor transmitting/receiving data, an input unit, and a control unitwhich, when start of data communication is input from said input unit, sends a confirmation notification of participation of the data communication to a plurality of destinations, performs data communication with destinations which reply when receiving at least one reply with respect to the confirmation notification of participation, and performs data communication after adding other destination even after the start of the data communication when receiving a reply from the other destination, wherein when ending the data communication, the control unitmakes the communication unittransmit an end notification of the data communication to another party from which a reply for the confirmation notification of participation is not obtained among destinations to which the confirmation notification of participation was transmitted.

Communication apparatus, communication system, and communication method

A touch sensor becomes an operation enable state in which an operation state can be detected, when predetermined voltage is applied. A touch sensor control unit switches the touch sensor to an operation detection enable state by raising the voltage to a predetermined voltage level gradually and performing predetermined calibration when detecting an activation permission request of the touch sensor in a no-voltage applied state of the touch sensor, and switches the touch sensor to an operation detection disable state in which an operation state of the touch sensor cannot be detected by lowering voltage gradually to the no-voltage applied state. And, when detecting the activation permission request of the touch sensor during switching to the operation detection disable state, the touch sensor control unit switches the touch sensor to the operation detection enable state, after the switching operation to the operation detection disable state is completed.

Electronic apparatus

A communication apparatus includes: a communication unit COM that performs operation control of a function involving transmission or reception of an electromagnetic wave by an antenna; a touch sensor module TSM having an oscillation circuit and an electrode connected to the oscillation circuit; a power supply PS that supplies power to the oscillation circuit; and a power supply controller PSCON that controls supply of power by the power supply PS. The touch sensor module TSM detects a contact operation based on an oscillation state of the oscillation circuit which varies in accordance with a contact operation. As a result, a state where the power supply PS is supplying power to the oscillation circuit under the control of the power supply controller PSCON and a state where the communication unit COM is performing operation control of the function involving transmission or reception of an electromagnetic wave do not exist concurrently.

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