Intuitive mobile device interface to virtual spaces
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- providing multiple reference markers on a mobile device;
detecting the absolute motion of the mobile device with an optical detection apparatus separate from the mobile device to detect the multiple reference markers when the mobile device is at a first position and at a second position thereby determining the mobile device'"'"'s motion; and
modifying a display of the mobile device based on the detected motion of the mobile device.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a simple to use intuitive interface for mobile devices and, in particular, to a method and apparatus to permit the motion of a mobile device to serve as an input to the mobile device. In various embodiments, the relative and/or absolute motion, distance and/or acceleration for instance, of the mobile device may be mapped to correspond to particular commands. In one embodiment, this permits the display screen of the mobile device to serve as a virtual window to view a large data set by modifying the view of the displayed data according to the motion of the mobile device. In another embodiment, the present invention allows the user to navigate a virtual space, displayed on the screen of the mobile device, by the motion of the mobile device in real space. Additionally, the user may also control the different displayed views of virtual objects by the relative and/or absolute motion of the mobile device.
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38 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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providing multiple reference markers on a mobile device;
detecting the absolute motion of the mobile device with an optical detection apparatus separate from the mobile device to detect the multiple reference markers when the mobile device is at a first position and at a second position thereby determining the mobile device'"'"'s motion; and
modifying a display of the mobile device based on the detected motion of the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 33)
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15. A device comprising:
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a processing unit to receive input signals and generate output signals;
a display screen, coupled to the processing unit, to display information according to signals received from the processing unit;
multiple reference markers connected to the display screen; and
an optical motion detection system separate from the display screen and communicatively coupled to the processing unit, the detection system to detect the multiple reference markers when the device is at a first position and at a second position thereby determining the absolute motion of the device and providing corresponding signals to the processing unit. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 34, 35)
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25. A system comprising:
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optical means for detecting the absolute motion of a mobile device that includes multiple reference markers on the mobile device, the optical means being separate from the mobile device; and
means for modifying what is displayed on a display screen of the mobile device based on the detected motion of the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 36, 37, 38)
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28. A machine-readable medium comprising at least one instruction to correlate motion in real space to motion in virtual space, which when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform operations comprising:
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detecting the absolute motion of a mobile device; and
correlating the motion of the mobile device to a one or more display altering commands. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32)
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