Mobile communication terminal and method therefor

• US 20060141945A1
• Filed: 12/27/2004
• Published: 06/29/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Korhonen, Panu, Kaario, Juha, Roykkee, Mika, Happonen, Aki P., Lattunen, Veera, Hariharan, Ramalingam
• Application Number:
  US11/023,323
• Publication Number:
  US 20060141945A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/90.100
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion

Abstract

A mobile communication apparatus including a user interface UI, a processor, and one or more sensors is disclosed. The one or more sensors are arranged to provide one or more signals, and the processor is arranged to present a warning depending on the one or more signals through the UI. Further, a warning method for a mobile communication apparatus is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: measuring one or more physical quantities; processing the one or more physical quantities to generate one or more warnings; and presenting the one or more warnings through a user interface UI of the mobile communication apparatus.

Claims

1. A mobile communication apparatus comprising:

a user interface UI;

a processor; and

one or more sensors, the one or more sensors being able to sense at least one operational condition within the mobile communication apparatus;

wherein the one or more sensors are arranged to provide one or more signals corresponding to the at least one sensed operational condition, and the processor is arranged to determine if the at least one sensed operational condition is outside a corresponding pre-determined operational range of the mobile communication apparatus and to present a warning depending on the one or more signals through the UI.

2. The mobile communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the one or more sensors comprise a humidity sensor, and the warning comprises an indication that humidity is out of a pre-determined operational range of the mobile communications apparatus.

3. The mobile communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the one or more sensors comprise an accelerometer, and the warning comprises an indication that mechanical stress on the mobile communication apparatus is out of a pre-determined operational range of the mobile communications apparatus.

4. The mobile communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the one or more sensors comprise a temperature sensor, and the warning comprises an indication that temperature is out of a pre-determined operational range of the mobile communications apparatus.

5. The mobile communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said one or more sensors comprise a radiac sensor, and said warning comprises an indication that radioactivity is out of a pre-determined operational range of the mobile communications apparatus.

6. The mobile communication apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a memory, said memory being arranged to store said warning.

7. The mobile communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said UI comprises a screen, said screen being arranged to present said warning.

8. The mobile communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said UI comprises an audio output, said audio output being arranged to present said warning.

9. The mobile communication apparatus according to claim 8, wherein said audio output comprises a speaker or a buzzer, or a combination thereof.

10. The mobile communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said UI comprises a vibrator, said vibrator being arranged to present said warning.

11. A warning method for a mobile communication apparatus, comprising the steps of:

measuring one or more operational conditions within the mobile communication apparatus;

processing the one or more operational conditions to generate one or more warnings when the one or more operational conditions are outside a corresponding pre-determined operating range of the mobile communication apparatus; and

presenting the one or more warnings through a user interface UI of the mobile communication apparatus.

12. The warning method according to claim 11, further comprising the step of storing said warning in a memory.

13. The warning method according to claim 11, further comprising the step of receiving an acknowledgement on said warning from a user.

15. The warning method according to claim 11, wherein said one or more warnings are presented on a screen, in a speaker, by a buzzer or by a vibrator of said UI, or any combination thereof.

16. The warning method according to claim 11, wherein the one or more operational conditions within the mobile communication apparatus humidity, acceleration, temperature, or radioactivity, or any combination thereof.

17. The warning method according to claim 11, wherein a thermometer is displayed on a screen of the mobile communication apparatus when a temperature of the mobile communication device is outside a pre-determined operational range.

18. The warning method according to claim 11, wherein at least one item on a screen of the mobile communication apparatus is graphically rearranged wherein the at least one item appears loosened from an original screen position when a mechanical stress of the mobile communication apparatus is outside a pre-determined operational range.

19. The warning method according to claim 11, wherein animated bubbles are displayed on a screen of the mobile communication apparatus when a humidity of the mobile communication apparatus is outside a pre-determined operational range.

20. The warning method according to claim 11, wherein a trefoil symbol is displayed on a screen of the mobile communication apparatus when a radioactivity of the mobile communication apparatus is outside a pre-determined operational range.

14. (canceled)