Cellular phones and mobile devices with motion driven control

• US 20060279542A1
• Filed: 05/26/2006
• Published: 12/14/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 02/12/1999
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Rembrandt Portable Display Technologies, LP (Rembrandt IP Management, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Vega Vista, Inc.
• Inventors: Flack, James F., Fateh, Sina
• Application Number:
  US11/442,642
• Publication Number:
  US 20060279542A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/158
• 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 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1637 Sensing arrangement for detection of housing movement or orientation, e.g. for controlling scrolling or cursor movement on the display of an handheld computer

Abstract

The present invention relates to a cellular phone having motion driven access to object viewers. More particularly, the cellular phone is equipped with a motion sensor which is capable of sensing motion of the cellular phone initiated by a user. The motion sensor detects translational and rotational motion of the cellular phone. The motion sensor includes a mechanism providing a digital processor with motion vector measurements. The digital processor interprets the motion vector measurements to generate a motion vector against some frame of a reference. The present invention also provides a method for assisting a user in the control and operation of a cellular phone while traversing content using the display.

Claims

1. A mobile device comprising:

a digital processor;

a display mechanism;

a telecommunications mechanism;

a motion sensor; and

a computer-readable medium carrying one or more sequences of instructions executable by the digital processor, wherein the one or more sequences of instructions are for;

interpreting a plurality of motion sequences of the mobile device; and

associating each motion sequence with at least one computer command of a plurality of pre-determined computer commands for operating the mobile device and for controlling applications on the mobile device.

2. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the plurality of motion sequences is performed by a user of the mobile device.

3. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the motion sensor includes a mechanism for providing motion vector measurements to the digital processor.

4. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the motion sensor includes at least one accelerometer and at least one gyroscope.

5. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the plurality of motion sequences comprises various combinations of translational and rotational motion.

6. The mobile device of claim 1, further including at least one mechanism for activating and deactivating motion sensing in a selected degree of freedom.

7. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the mobile device is a PDA-telephone combination device.

8. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the display mechanism includes an instantaneous viewing capability.

9. The mobile device of claim 1, further including a wireless interface for networking to the Internet using motion based computer commands.

10. The mobile device of claim 1, further including a wireless interface for downloading information from the Internet to the mobile device using motion based computer commands.

11. The mobile device of claim 1, further including a wireless interface for running applications from the Internet using motion based computer commands.

12. The mobile device of claim 1, further including a mechanism for interpreting voice commands.

13. The mobile device of claim 1, further including a database.

15. The cellular phone of claim 1, wherein the plurality of motion sequences is performed by a user of the cellular phone.

16. The cellular phone of claim 1, wherein the motion sensor includes a mechanism for providing motion vector measurements to the digital processor.

17. The cellular phone of claim 1, wherein the motion sensor includes at least one accelerometer and at least one gyroscope.

18. The cellular phone of claim 1, wherein the plurality of motion sequences comprises various combinations of translational and rotational motion.

19. The cellular phone of claim 1, further including at least one mechanism for activating and deactivating motion sensing in a selected degree of freedom.

20. The cellular phone of claim 1, further including a database.

14. A cellular phone comprising:

a digital processor;

a display mechanism;

a telecommunications mechanism;

a motion sensor;

a computer-readable medium carrying one or more sequences of instructions executable by the digital processor, wherein the one or more sequences of instructions are for;

interpreting a plurality of motion sequences of the cellular phone; and

controlling applications executing on the cellular phone according to the interpreted motion.

21. A method for assisting a user in the control and operation of a cellular phone while traversing content, the cellular phone having a display device connected to the cellular phone, the cellular phone providing information content for display, the method comprising:

mapping the content intended for display into a cellular phone for conveying the full content to the user;

continually displaying a certain portion of the content on the display device of the cellular phone;

tracking movements of the cellular phone, wherein operation of the cellular phone may be controlled by the tracked movements of the cellular phone initiated by the user;

performing discrete commands corresponding to certain tracked movements of the cellular phone initiated by the user; and

changing the portion of the content display in response to other tracked movements of the cellular phone.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the orientation of the certain portion displayed is redefined in response to the user'"'"'s movements of the cellular phone.

23. The method of claim 21, wherein the displayed certain portion is updated in response to discrete commands initiated by the user'"'"'s movements of the cellular phone.

24. The method of claim 21, wherein the user moves the cellular phone along the x-axis, y-axis, or both to track the information content being displayed.