Patent ID: 9326058
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: G06F,H04R,H04S

Claim Text:
1. A method of controlling a mobile device, comprising: monitoring a state of whether or not left and right earphones are being worn by a user, and determining if the monitoring wearing state is one of a first state in which both earphones are being worn, a second state in which only the left or right earphone is being worn, and a third state in which both the left and right earphones are removed; and controlling a behavior of the mobile device connected to the left and right earphones according to the monitored wearing state of the left and right earphones by the user, wherein the controlling includes launching an audio navigation application in which a current position on a map is displayed on a display screen of the mobile device, and when the monitoring wearing state is detected to be the first state or the second state then the audio navigation application is displayed with an indicator of the user's travel direction, and when the monitoring wearing state is detected to be the third state then the audio navigation application is displayed without the indicator of the user's travel direction, and wherein in the monitoring includes detecting the wearing state of the left and right earphones on the basis of output from at least one of (i) left and right acceleration sensors respectively provided in the left and right earphones, and (ii) left and right geomagnetic sensors respectively provided in the left and right earphones.