US 12,086,303 B2
Electronic apparatus and mode control program
Yoichi Katagiri, Tokyo (JP); Masatoshi Hino, Tokyo (JP); and Hidenari Shinotou, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 18/044,576
Filed by Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Sep. 9, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/033110
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 9, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/059585, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 24, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-156904 (JP), filed on Sep. 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0376105 A1, Nov. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G01K 13/20 (2021.01); G06F 1/20 (2006.01); G06F 1/3231 (2019.01)
CPC G06F 3/011 (2013.01) [G01K 13/223 (2021.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic apparatus, comprising:
a temperature sensor that detects a temperature of a specified portion of the electronic apparatus; and
a mode control circuit configured to
turn on an endurance mode that is a mode that permits a surface temperature of the electronic apparatus to be increased to a second upper limit when the electronic apparatus is used out of contact with a human body, the surface temperature being calculated on a basis of the temperature detected by the temperature sensor, the second upper limit being higher than a first upper limit that is an upper limit of a temperature in a normal mode, and
output an inquiry message that is a message used to inquire whether to consent to use the endurance mode in response to the endurance mode being on,
when the consent is input, the mode control circuit is configured to use the endurance mode, and
when the consent is not input, the mode control circuit is configured to turn off the endurance mode.