Movemet and attitude controlled mobile station control

• US 20020193080A1
• Filed: 04/12/2001
• Published: 12/19/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 04/12/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Komsi, Asko, Rolnik, Robert C.
• Granted Patent: US 7,024,228 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/575.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0233 Character input methods
• 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: H04M 1/642 storing speech in digital form
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/663 Preventing unauthorised calls to a telephone set
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72448 with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/70 methods for entering alphabetical characters, e.g. multi-tap or dictionary disambiguation methods for entering alphabetical characters per se G06F3/0237

Abstract

A mobile station embodiment (400) is provided with a reflection detector (401) which may provide supplemental inputs along with keys (402) such that a character encoding, such as, e.g. ASCII, is selected on the basis of the reflection detector (401) alone, or in combination with keys (402) either pushed down or released. A movable target or pendulum (405) may provide an ability to sense the near space along a direction that the reflection detector is sensitive to. Signals may be transmitted from the reflection detector (401) and pass across a void or other great distance before being reflected, if at all. If such signals are reflected toward the reflection detector (401), and the signals have not been overly attenuated, the reflection detector (401) may provide a ‘reflect’ signal to any on-board processor of the mobile station (400). The pendulum (405) may be influenced by wind, gravity or acceleration (405) to operate as a reflector to cooperate with the reflection detector (401) and generate a ‘reflect’ signal.

Claims

1. A user status device for a mobile station having at least one wireless transceiver comprising:

a proprioceptive sensor having a state; and

at least one mobile station conduit coupled to the proprioceptive sensor for carrying a signal of the proprioceptive sensor to the mobile station.

2. The user status device of claim 1 further comprising:

a processor for converting a keypad event to a character encoding selected from a set of character encodings based on the orientation state.

3. The user status device of claim 2 wherein the processor comprises a mobile station coupled to the mobile station conduit.

4. The user status device of claim 1 wherein the proprioceptive sensor further comprising:

a reflection detector.

5. The user status device of claim 4, wherein the mobile station has a processor and at least one key, and wherein the state comprises an orientation state.

6. The user status device of claim 5 wherein the orientation state comprises:

a reflect state wherein said reflection detector detects a reflection signal above a magnitude.

7. The user status device of claim 5 wherein the orientation state comprises a neutral state wherein said reflection detector detects a reflection signal below a magnitude.

8. The user status device of claim 4 wherein the reflection detector further comprises:

a directional transmitter transmitting a signal in at least one direction;

a directional receiver sensitive to the signal in the at least one direction; and

a pendulum attached to the mobile station near the directional receiver.

9. The user status device of claim 2 wherein the proprioceptive sensor comprises an inclinometer having a state selectable from at least two orientation states.

10. The user status device of claim 2, wherein the processor comprises:

a means for detecting a first keypad event and a first orientation state; and

a means for selecting a character encoding based on the first keypad event and first orientation state.

11. The user status device of claim 2, wherein the processor comprises:

a means for detecting at least one keypad event selected from at least two keypad events; and

a means for selecting a character encoding based on the at least one keypad event and the state.

12. The user status device of claim 10, wherein the means for detecting comprises a means for detecting a key-up event and a key-down event for a key of the mobile station.

13. The user status device for a mobile station of claim 1 wherein the mobile station has a processor and a local storage and a keypad having at least one key, the user status device comprising:

a means for converting a keypad event to a character encoding selected from a set of character encodings based on the orientation state.

15. The method of claim 14 wherein the message comprises at least one machine instruction:

a proprioceptive sensor having an orientation state; and

at least one mobile station conduit coupled to the proprioceptive sensor.

16. The method of claim 14 wherein the entity has a set of instructions and the message comprises the set of instructions.

17. The method of claim 14 further comprising the step of:

making a feedback sound.

18. The method of claim 14 further comprising the step of:

making a feedback vibration.

19. The method of claim 14 wherein the entity has a set of instructions and the message comprises the set of instructions.

22. The method of claim 19 further comprising the step of determining if the average acceleration is within a tolerance of a neutral position acceleration vector.

25. The method of claim 24 wherein said announcement is a sound recording.

26. The method of claim 24 wherein said announcement is a text message.

27. The method of claim 24 wherein said announcement is a mode.

14. A method to control an entity in a mobile station having at least one wireless transceiver comprising the steps of:

detecting a acceleration vector of a proprioceptive sensor; and

transmitting a message through the at least one wireless transceiver based on the acceleration vector.

20. A method to send a feedback contextual response to a calling voice device comprising the steps of:

detecting at least one acceleration during a time interval;

detecting an incoming signal from a calling device;

selecting a announcement based on the at least one acceleration; and

transmitting the announcement.

21. The method of claim 20 wherein the step of detecting at least one acceleration further comprises the step of:

detecting at least two accelerations; and

determining an average acceleration based on the at least two accelerations.

23. The method of claim 20 further comprising the steps of:

detecting a second at least one acceleration; and

selecting an alert based on the second at least one acceleration.

24. The method of claim 21 further comprising the step of:

selecting the announcement based on the second the at least one acceleration.