Patent ID: 9553975
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: H04M

Claim:
1. A mobile terminal comprising: a contact sensor which, in a case where an object, such as water, having a high dielectric constant is in contact with the contact sensor, outputs an output value whose absolute value is higher than that of an output value which the contact sensor usually outputs in a case where a hand of a user is in contact with the contact sensor, the contact sensor being provided at a position with which the hand of the user is in contact while the user is holding a housing; and a contact determination section which determines that (i) the hand is in contact with the contact sensor in a case where an absolute value of an output value outputted by the contact sensor is not lower than a first threshold and lower than a third threshold which is higher than the first threshold, (ii) the hand is removed from the contact sensor in a case where the absolute value of the output value is not higher than a second threshold which is lower than the first threshold, and (iii) the object, such as water, having the high dielectric constant is in contact with the contact sensor in a case where the absolute value of the output value is not lower than the third threshold.