Display Control Apparatus

• US 20070164993A1
• Filed: 12/27/2006
• Published: 07/19/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Original Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Inventors: Kao, Yih-Feng, Wang, John, Hsu, Chih-Feng, Huang, Ming-San, Wu, Kuo-Chen
• Application Number:
  US11/616,412
• Publication Number:
  US 20070164993A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/156
• 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 1/1694 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 display control apparatus of the present invention includes a motion sensor, a processor and a display controller. The motion sensor is used to sense the motion of an electronic device and sends out a motion parameter to a processor. Each motion parameter is related to a special motion direction and motion velocity. When the processor receives a motion parameter, a corresponding display instruction is triggered. This display instruction is sent to the display controller to move the page based on the motion direction and motion velocity.

Claims

1. A display control apparatus installed in an electronic device for changing the display page, the apparatus comprising:

a motion sensor for detecting the motion of the electronic device in respect to a special position to send at least one motion parameter;

a processor for receiving the motion parameter to determine the motion direction and the motion velocity based on the motion parameter and send out a display instruction; and

a display controller for receiving the display instruction to move the display page based on the motion direction and the motion velocity.

2. The display control apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a user interface to define the relationship between the motion parameter and the motion direction, and the relationship between the motion parameter and the motion velocity.

3. The display control apparatus of claim 1, wherein the motion sensor is a multi-axle accelerator.

4. The display control apparatus of claim 1, wherein the motion sensor is an inclinometer.

5. The display control apparatus of claim 1, wherein the motion sensor is a compass sensor.

6. The display control apparatus of claim 1, wherein the motion parameter is related to an inclination of the electronic device to the axles forming the special position.

7. The display control apparatus of claim 6, wherein the motion direction and the motion velocity are related to the inclination.

8. The display control apparatus of claim 1, wherein the motion parameter is related to acceleration values of the electronic device to the axles of a specific position.

9. A display control apparatus installed in an electronic device for changing the display page, the apparatus comprising:

a motion sensor for detecting acceleration values of the electronic device to axles of a special position to send at least one motion parameter related to the axles;

a processor for receiving the motion parameter and based on the acceleration values to determine a motion direction and a motion velocity and send out a display instruction; and

a display controller for receiving the display instruction to move the display page based on the motion direction and the motion velocity.

10. The display control apparatus of claim 9, further comprising a user interface to define the relationship between the motion parameter and the motion direction, and the relationship between the motion parameter and the motion velocity.

11. The display control apparatus of claim 9, wherein the motion sensor is a multi-axle accelerator.

12. The display control apparatus of claim 9, wherein the axles are X-axis and Y-axis, a scrollbar of the Y-axis is moves toward the positive Y-axis direction when the electronic device rotates clockwise around the X-axis, and a scrollbar of X-axis is moves towards the positive X-axis direction when the electronic device rotates clockwise around the Y-axis.

13. The display control apparatus of claim 9, wherein the motion parameter is an acceleration difference value of the electronic device by comparing an acceleration value in the special position with an acceleration value in the detected position.

14. The display control apparatus of claim 9, wherein the processor stops moving the page when the acceleration difference value is less than a specific value.

15. A display control apparatus installed in an electronic device for changing the display page, the apparatus comprising:

a motion sensor for detecting inclinations of the electronic device to axles of a special position to send at least one motion parameter related to the axles;

a processor for receiving the motion parameter and based on the motion parameter to determine a motion direction and a motion velocity and send out a display instruction; and

a display controller for receiving the display instruction to move the display page based on the motion direction and the motion velocity.

16. The display control apparatus of claim 15, further comprising a user interface to define the relationships between the motion parameter and the motion direction, and between the motion parameter and the motion velocity.

17. The display control apparatus of claim 15, wherein the axles are X-axis and Y-axis, a scrollbar of the Y-axis is moved toward the positive Y-axis direction when the electronic device rotates clockwise around the X-axis, and a scrollbar of X-axis is moved towards the positive X-axis direction when the electronic device rotates clockwise around the Y-axis.

18. A display control method for controlling a display page of an electronic device, the method comprising:

detecting the motion of the electronic device from a special position to send out at least one motion parameter;

receiving the motion parameter to determine whether or not the motion parameter is larger than a special value, wherein when the motion parameter is larger than the special value, a motion direction and a motion velocity is determined based on the motion parameter and sends out a display instruction, and when the motion parameter is less than the special value, the display instruction is stopped; and

receiving the display instruction to move the display page based on the motion direction and the motion velocity.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the motion parameter is related to the inclination of the electronic device to the axles forming the special position.

20. The method of claim 18, wherein the motion parameter is related to acceleration values of the electronic device to the axles of special position.