Method and apparatus for controlling the operational mode of electronic devices in response to sensed conditions
First Claim
1. A system for switching the operational mode of an electronic device comprising:
- a control subsystem having an attitude trigger for switching the operational mode of the electronic device between relative states of activity; and
an attitude sensing device for sensing changes in attitude that are transmitted as attitude signals to the attitude trigger of the control subsystem, wherein the attitude trigger checks to determine whether changes in attitude fall outside a preselected range that would initiate a change in the operational mode of the electronic device to a different state of activity.
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Abstract
A system is disclosed that senses physical characteristics of an electronic device. The system controls the electronic device in response to the sensed physical characteristics. The system includes a control subsystem. The control subsystem includes a time trigger and an anticipation/latency reduction subsystem. The anticipation/latency reduction subsystem includes additional subsystems such as a time trigger, a position trigger and an attitude trigger. In an alternate embodiment, the anticipation/latency reduction subsystem also includes an activation interval trigger, a repetitive action trigger and a repetitive distance trigger. The various triggers can be implemented using processors that execute software. The system also includes sensing devices, such as a position sensing device and an attitude sensing device, to sense physical characteristics of the particular electronic device being controlled. The control subsystem receives signals from the sensing devices. Physical characteristic information obtained from these signals is provided to the various triggers. In response to this physical characteristic information, the various triggers process the physical characteristic information such that the system controls the electronic device.
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8 Claims
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1. A system for switching the operational mode of an electronic device comprising:
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a control subsystem having an attitude trigger for switching the operational mode of the electronic device between relative states of activity; and
an attitude sensing device for sensing changes in attitude that are transmitted as attitude signals to the attitude trigger of the control subsystem, wherein the attitude trigger checks to determine whether changes in attitude fall outside a preselected range that would initiate a change in the operational mode of the electronic device to a different state of activity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A system for switching the operational mode of a vision system comprising:
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a control subsystem having an attitude trigger for switching the operational mode of the vision system between relative states of displayed graphical complexity;
an attitude sensing device for sensing changes in attitude which are transmitted as attitude signals to the control subsystem; and
a vision system being monitored by the control subsystem having a graphics-limitation-due-to-unit-motion subsystem that is in communication with the attitude sensing device, wherein the graphics-limitation-due-to-motion subsystem determines whether changes in attitude signals fall outside a preselected range so that the control subsystem may initiate a change in the operational mode of the vision system to a different state of displayed graphical complexity.
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6. A system for controllably decreasing the complexity of graphics of a vision system comprising based on surrounding conditions comprising:
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a vibration detecting device for detecting vibration levels surrounding the vision system; and
a vision system having a graphics-limitation-due-to-unit-motion subsystem connected to the vibration detecting device so that the graphics-limitation-due-to-unit-motion subsystem can initiate a change in the vision system to decrease the state of displayed graphical complexity when vibration levels rise above a predetermined vibration limit. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8)
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