Motion input device for portable terminal and operation method using the same

• US 10,261,603 B2
• Filed: 03/23/2017
• Issued: 04/16/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/10/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Jaemyeon, Hong, Hyunsu, Kim, Jinyong, Kim, Kyunghwa, Shin, Seungwoo, Ban, Jihye, Oh, Jungyeob, Lee, Myeonglo
• Primary Examiner(s): Pervan, Michael
• Application Number:
  US15/467,060
• Publication Number:
  US 20170192530A1
• Time in Patent Office: 754 Days
• Field of Search: 178 1801- 1907, 345173-178, 715810-845, 715863
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/604 Tools and structures for managing or administering access control systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1636 Sensing arrangement for detection of a tap gesture on the housing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3833 Hand-held transceivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0264 for a camera module assembly

Abstract

The present invention relates to a motion input device for portable terminal and an operation method using the same. A motion input device of a portable terminal of the present invention includes a sensor unit configured to collect a sensor signal from at least one sensor; an operation recognition unit configured to generate a motion signal corresponding to an operation of portable terminal based on the sensor signal; a scenario preparation unit configured to generate an input scenario based on at least one motion signal; and a scenario mapping unit configured to detect, in a scenario database, a standards scenario corresponding to the input scenario, and to generate an input signal corresponding to the standards scenario.

Claims

1. A portable communication device comprising:

a display;

a sensor; and

a processor adapted to;

present, via the display, a graphical user interface;

detect, using the sensor, a motion input including at least two consecutive contacts with respect to the display, while the graphic user interface is presented; and

generate an image related to the graphical user interface, in response to the motion input.

2. The portable communication device of claim 1, wherein the processor is adapted to:

capture a still image corresponding to a specific point of time after a second contact of the at least two consecutive contacts is detected, as at least part of the generating.

3. The portable communication device of claim 1, wherein the processor is adapted to:

start recording of a moving image after the motion input is detected, as at least part of the generating.

4. The portable communication device of claim 3, wherein the processor is adapted to:

receive another motion input with respect to the display; and

complete the recording after the other motion input is detected, as at least part of the generating.

5. The portable communication device of claim 1, wherein the processor is adapted to:

activate a timer based at least in part on a determination that the motion input is detected; and

perform the generating, after the timer is elapsed.

6. The portable communication device of claim 5, further comprising a speaker, and wherein the processor is adapted to:

output, via the speaker, audio signal while the timer is activated.

7. The portable communication device of claim 1, wherein the processor is adapted to:

obtain, using the sensor, intensity information corresponding to the motion input; and

determine that the intensity information satisfies a specified condition, as at least part of the detecting.

8. The portable communication device of claim 1, further comprising audio circuitry, and wherein the processor is adapted to:

receive, using the audio circuitry, audio signal related to the motion input from outside of the portable communication device; and

determine that the audio signal satisfies a specified condition, as at least part of the detecting.

9. A portable communication device comprising:

a display;

a sensor; and

a processor adapted to;

present, via the display, a first graphical user interface;

detect, using the sensor, a motion input including at least two consecutive contacts with respect to the display, while the first graphic user interface is presented;

identify a pattern of the motion input; and

execute, using a second graphic user interface, an application corresponding to the pattern.

10. The portable communication device of claim 9, wherein the motion input comprises a tapping input with respect to a first contact of the at least two consecutive contacts and a drag input with respect to a second contact of the at least two consecutive contacts.

11. The portable communication device of claim 10, further comprising memory to store one or more applications, wherein the processor is adapted to:

determine a symbol corresponding to the drag input, as at least part of the identifying; and

execute a corresponding application of one or more applications, based at least in part on the symbol.

12. The portable communication device of claim 9, wherein the pattern comprises a intensity, a position, a frequency, or a type of the motion input, time interval, or an entire time of the motion input, a motion recognition time, or any combination thereof.

13. The portable communication device of claim 9, wherein the motion input comprises a tip input, a tapping input, a knuckle input, a knock input, or any combination thereof.

14. The portable communication device of claim 9, wherein the sensor comprises an acceleration sensor, a gyro sensor, a terrestrial magnetic sensor, an audio sensor, a pressure sensor, a vibration sensor, an optical sensor, a photo sensor, or any combination thereof.

15. A portable communication device comprising:

a display;

a sensor;

a camera module;

memory to store a camera application; and

a processor adapted to;

obtain, using the camera module, a photographing image corresponding to at least one object external to the portable communication device;

present, using the camera application, the photographing image via the display;

detect, using the sensor, a tapping input including at least two consecutive contacts between at least one portion of one or more fingers and the display, while the photographing image is presented; and

generate a still image including the photographing image, in response to the tapping input.

16. The portable communication device of claim 15, wherein the processor is adapted to:

capture the still image at a specific point of time after a second contact of the at least two consecutive contacts is detected, as at least part of the generating.

17. The portable communication device of claim 15, wherein the still image includes at least one portion of a graphical user interface displayed with respect to the camera application.

18. The portable communication device of claim 15, further comprising a speaker, and wherein the processor is adapted to:

output, via the speaker, audio signal in relation with the generating.

19. The portable communication device of claim 15, wherein the processor is adapted to:

obtain, using the sensor, intensity information corresponding to the tapping input; and

determine that the intensity information satisfies a specified condition, as at least part of the detecting.

20. The portable communication device of claim 15, further comprising audio circuitry, and wherein the processor is adapted to:

receive, using the audio circuitry, audio signal related to the tapping input from outside of the portable communication device; and

determine that the audio signal satisfies a specified condition, as at least part of the detecting.

21. A portable communication device comprising:

a display;

a sensor; and

a processor adapted to;

present, via the display, a graphical user interface;

detect, using the sensor, a first motion input including at least two consecutive contacts with respect to the display, while the graphical user interface is presented;

perform recording of a moving image including the graphical user interface, in response to the first motion input;

detect, using the sensor, a second motion input including at least two consecutive contacts with respect to the display, while the recording is performed; and

stop the recording, in response to the second motion input.

22. The portable communication device of claim 21, wherein the processor is adapted to:

obtain, using the sensor, first intensity information corresponding to the first motion input or second intensity information corresponding to the second motion input; and

determine that a corresponding one of the first intensity information or the second intensity information satisfies a specified condition, as at least part of the detecting of the first motion input or the second motion input.

23. The portable communication device of claim 21, further comprising audio circuitry, and wherein the processor is adapted to:

receive, using the audio circuitry, a first audio signal related to the first motion input or a second audio signal related to the second motion input from outside of the portable communication device; and

determine that a corresponding one of the first audio signal or the second audio signal satisfies a specified condition, as at least part of the detecting of the first motion input or the second motion input.

24. The portable communication device of claim 21, wherein the processor is adapted to:

present, via the display, a notification indicating that the recording is started or stopped.

25. The portable communication device of claim 21, wherein the first motion input or the second motion input comprises a tip input, a tapping input, a knuckle input, a knock input, or any combination thereof.