Mobile hand-held device

• US 20050277447A1
• Filed: 04/03/2003
• Published: 12/15/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 05/03/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Buil, Vincentius Paulus, Vignoli, Fabio, Hollemans, Gerrit, Lashina, Tatiana A.
• Application Number:
  US10/513,050
• Publication Number:
  US 20050277447A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/575.100
• 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 1/1684 Constructional details or arrangements related to integrated I/O peripherals not covered by groups G06F1/1635 - G06F1/1675
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00

Abstract

A mobile hand held device (1) comprises IR motion detectors (8,9). The motion detection enables to detect whether the someone is present, and take an action, e.g. to adapt the timing of presenting events to this detected presence. The motion detection system comprises two preferably 180 degrees infrared motion detection elements (8,9) placed opposite to each other to detect together movement (preferably in 360 degrees) around the device. Preferably the IR detectors are placed at the top (6) and bottom (7) surface of the device. This configuration leavesroom for other sensors, such as touch sensors (10), on the side(s) (4,5) of the device.

Claims

1. Mobile hand-held device characterized in that the hand-held device is formed as a box, having a front and a back surface, two side surfaces, and a top and a bottom surface, and at least one surface is provided with a first infrared motion detector for detecting the presence of a person, arranged to image around the hand-held device, and means for taking an action are comprised when presence of a person is detected.

2. Mobile hand-held device as claimed in claim 1, on which a second infrared motion detector is present, the two motion detectors being positioned on the hand-held device to detect the presence of a person in substantially complementary parts of the 360 degrees around the hand-held device.

3. Mobile hand held device as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the device comprises means for, when presence of a person is detected, checking whether or not there has been or is an event to be notified, and if so, giving an alert signal to alert the attention of the person present.

4. Mobile hand held device as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the IR detectors are provided at the top and bottom surface of the device.

5. Mobile hand held device as claimed in claim 3, characterized in that the top and bottom surface are curved, wherein the IR detector outer windows follow the curvature.

6. Mobile hand held device as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the device is provided with at least one touch sensor at a surface of the device.

7. Mobile hand held device as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the device comprises means to end the alert signal after a set time period, if, upon detection of the presence of a user, the device is not picked up or activated and to reactivate the alert signal after an inactive time interval if at that time presence of a person is detected.

8. Mobile hand held device as claimed in claim 7, characterized in that the device comprises means to repeat the sequence of ending the alert signal and reactivation after the inactive time interval for a set number of times, followed by a non-reactive time period.

9. Mobile hand held device as claimed in claim 7, characterized in that the means to repeat the sequence of ending the alert signal and reactivation for a set number of times, are arranged to employ inactive time intervals of increasing duration.