1. A method for reducing battery consumption in a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
calculating a current location of the mobile terminal, route information to a destination, and an alarm period for determining whether the mobile terminal has arrived at the destination or at a nearby region of the destination, if the destination is input; and
deactivating a locating module before the alarm period has elapsed, determining whether the mobile terminal has arrived at the destination or at the nearby region of the destination if the alarm period has elapsed, and notifying the user that the mobile terminal has arrived at the destination or at the nearby region of the destination if the mobile terminal has arrived at the destination or at the nearby region of the destination.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
re-calculating at least one of the route information to the destination and the alarm period by applying at least one of a moving speed and a location of a new transportation means, if a transportation means for moving to the destination is changed.
3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
re-calculating at least one of the current location of the mobile terminal, the route information to the destination, and the alarm period by activating the locating module, if the alarm period has elapsed.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein one or more steps are repeated until the mobile terminal arrives at the destination or at the nearby region of the destination.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the alarm period is a sum of a current time and a minimum time for which the locating module is deactivated.
6. The method of claim 5, wherein the minimum time is determined using a quotient of a distance between the current location and the destination divided by a moving speed of the mobile terminal.
7. The method of claim 2, wherein the transportation means is identified using at least one of a posture, a movement, a direction, a moving speed, a route, a signal strength, an ambient noise, a moving speed regularity, and a moving speed irregularity of the mobile terminal.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein the route information comprises at least one of a distance between the current location and the destination, a transportation means to the destination, an expected period of arrival corresponding to the transportation means, and the alarm period.
9. The method of claim 1, wherein the nearby region is a region formed by an adjustable radius from the destination.
10. A method for reducing battery consumption of a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
calculating a current location of the mobile terminal, route information to each of at least one destination, and an alarm period for determining whether the mobile terminal is near each destination, or at a nearby region thereof, if the at least one destination is input;
deactivating a locating module before an alarm period corresponding to a destination has elapsed, determining whether a location of the mobile terminal is the destination or is at the nearby region thereof if the alarm period corresponding to the destination has elapsed, and notifying the user that the location of the mobile terminal is the destination or is at the nearby region thereof if the location of the mobile terminal is at the destination or at the nearby region thereof; and
re-calculating at least one of route information and an alarm period which corresponds to a destination that is not the destination previously selected from among the at least one destinations.
11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:
re-calculating at least one of the route information to the destination and the alarm period by applying a moving speed and a location of a new transportation means, if a transportation means for moving to the at least one destinations is changed.
12. The method of claim 10, further comprising:
re-calculating at least one of the current location of the mobile terminal, the route information to the destination, and the alarm period by activating the locating module, if the alarm period has elapsed.
13. The method of claim 10, wherein one or more steps are repeated until the mobile terminal arrives at the destination or at the nearby region of the destination.
14. The method of claim 10, wherein the alarm period is a sum of a current time and a minimum time for which the locating module is deactivated.
15. The method of claim 14, wherein the minimum time is determined using a quotient of a distance between the current location and the destination divided by a moving speed of the mobile terminal.
16. The method of claim 10, further comprising:
updating route information and alarm periods corresponding to the other destinations except for the destination selected from among the at least one destinations by using the route information and the alarm period corresponding to the destination.
17. An apparatus for reducing battery consumption of a mobile terminal, the apparatus comprising:
a display unit;
a locating module; and
a controller configured to calculate a current location of the mobile terminal, route information to a destination, and an alarm period for determining whether the mobile terminal arrives at the destination or at a nearby region of the destination, if the destination is input into the display unit, to deactivate the locating module before the alarm period has elapsed, to determine whether the mobile terminal has arrived at the destination or the nearby region of the destination if the alarm period has elapsed, and to notify the user whether the mobile terminal has arrived at the destination or the nearby region of the destination.
18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein if a transportation means for moving to the destination is changed, the controller re-calculates at least one of the route information to the destination and the alarm period by applying at least one of a moving speed and a location of a new transportation means.
19. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein if the alarm period has elapsed, the controller re-calculates at least one of the current location of the mobile terminal, the route information to the destination, and the alarm period by activating the locating module.
20. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the controller repeatedly calculates at least one of the route information to the destination and the alarm period until the mobile terminal arrives at the destination.
21. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the alarm period is a sum of a current time and a minimum time for which the locating module is deactivated.
22. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein the minimum time is determined using a quotient of a distance between the current location and the destination divided by a moving speed of the mobile terminal.
23. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the transportation means is identified using at least one of a posture, a movement, a direction, a moving speed, a route, a signal strength, an ambient noise, a moving speed regularity, and a moving speed irregularity of the mobile terminal.
24. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program comprising a command that, when executed, reduces battery consumption of a mobile terminal, the computer-readable recording medium comprising:
a first command configured to calculate a current location of the mobile terminal, route information to a destination, and an alarm period for determining whether the mobile terminal arrives at the destination or a nearby region of the destination, if the destination is input; and
a second command configured to deactivate a locating module before the alarm period has elapsed, to determine whether the mobile terminal arrives at the nearby region of the destination if the alarm period has elapsed, and to notify the user whether the mobile terminal arrives at the nearby region of the destination.
25. The computer-readable recording medium of claim 24, further comprising:
a third command set configured to re-calculate at least one of the route information to the destination and the alarm period by applying at least one of a moving speed and a location of a new transportation means, if a transportation means for moving to the destination is changed.
26. The computer-readable recording medium of claim 24, further comprising:
a fourth command set configured to re-calculate at least one of the current location of the mobile terminal, the route information to the destination, and the alarm period by activating the locating module, if the alarm period has elapsed.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A solid-state image pickup device comprising:
a solid-state image pickup element operable to produce an electric charge according to the amount of light received;
a lens disposed on an upper side of a pixel of the solid-state image pickup element;
a protective film which covers an upper side of the lens and a surface of which is flattened;
a surface film which is formed at the surface of the protective film and is higher in hydrophilicity than an inside of the protective film; and
a transparent substrate above the surface film,
wherein,
an air layer is formed between the surface film and the transparent substrate,
the protective film comprises a fluorine-containing silane compound, and
the surface film is lower in fluorine content than the inside of the protective film.
2. The solid-state image pickup device according to claim 1, wherein the surface film is a film formed by subjecting the surface of the protective film to a plasma treatment using an oxygen-containing gas.
3. The solid-state image pickup device according to claim 1, wherein the thickness of the protective layer is from 0.1 \u03bcm to 1 \u03bcm.
4. The solid-state image pickup device according to claim 3, wherein the thickness of the protective layer is 0.4 \u03bcm.
5. A method of manufacturing a solid-state image pickup device, comprising the steps of:
forming a lens on an upper side of a pixel of a solid-state image pickup element;
covering the lens with a protective film and flattening a surface of the protective film;
forming at the surface of the protective film a surface film which is higher in hydrophilicity than an inside of the protective film; and
forming a transparent substrate above the surface film,
wherein,
an air layer is formed between the surface film and the transparent substrate,
the protective film comprises a fluorine-containing silane compound, and
the surface film is lower in fluorine content than the inside of the protective film.
6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the surface film is formed by subjecting the surface of the protective film to a plasma treatment using an oxygen-containing gas.