Intuitive Display Controller on a Portable Electronic Device

• US 20070171190A1
• Filed: 09/13/2006
• Published: 07/26/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: High Tech Computer Corp (HTC Corporation)
• Original Assignee: High Tech Computer Corp (HTC Corporation)
• Inventors: Wang, John C.
• Application Number:
  US11/531,341
• Publication Number:
  US 20070171190A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/156
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors

Abstract

An intuitive display controller on a portable electronic device is provided. The intuitive display controller includes a motion sensor and a processor coupled with the motion sensor. The motion sensor is for detecting at least one acceleration parameter of the electronic device. The processor generates at least one displacement parameter of the portable electronic device by processing the acceleration parameter and adjusts a display page of the portable electronic device according to the displacement parameter.

Claims

1. An intuitive display controller on a portable electronic device comprising:

a motion sensor for detecting at least one acceleration parameter of the electronic device; and

a processor coupled with the motion sensor, wherein the processor generates at least one displacement parameter of the portable electronic device by processing the acceleration parameter and adjusts a display page of the portable electronic device according to the displacement parameter.

2. An intuitive display controller in accordance with claim 1, wherein the processor generates at least one velocity parameter by processing the acceleration parameter and adjusts the display page in a variable speed manner according to the velocity parameter.

3. An intuitive display controller in accordance with claim 1, wherein the motion sensor is a 3-axle accelerometer.

4. An intuitive display controller in accordance with claim 1, wherein the acceleration parameter is sum of an X-directional acceleration parameter and a Y-directional acceleration parameter, wherein the display page is adjusted in an omni-directional manner.

5. An intuitive display controller in accordance with claim 1, wherein the acceleration parameter is a Z-directional acceleration parameter and the display page is adjusted in a zooming manner.

6. A portable electronic device comprising:

a body;

a display module disposed on the body; and

a display controller disposed on the body, the display controller comprising;

a motion sensor for detecting at least one acceleration parameter of the electronic device; and

a processor coupled with the motion sensor, wherein the processor generates at least one displacement parameter of the portable electronic device by processing the acceleration parameter and adjusts a display page of the portable electronic device according to the displacement parameter.

7. A portable electronic device in accordance with claim 6, wherein the processor generates at least one velocity parameter by processing the acceleration parameter and adjusts the display page in a variable speed manner according to the velocity parameter.

8. A portable electronic device in accordance with claim 6, wherein the motion sensor is a 3-axle accelerometer.

9. A portable electronic device in accordance with claim 6, wherein the acceleration parameter is sum of an X-directional acceleration parameter and a Y-directional acceleration parameter, wherein the display page is adjusted in an omni-directional manner.

10. A portable electronic device in accordance with claim 6, wherein the acceleration parameter is a Z-directional acceleration parameter and the display page is adjusted in a zooming manner.

11. A portable electronic device in accordance with claim 6, wherein the portable electronic device is a personal digital assistant.

12. A portable electronic device in accordance with claim 6, wherein the portable electronic device is a cellular phone with global position system function.

13. A portable electronic device in accordance with claim 6, wherein the portable electronic device is a portable computer.

14. A portable electronic device in accordance with claim 6, further comprising a control switch disposed on the body to activate and deactivate the display controller.

15. A display control method of a portable electronic device comprising:

detecting at least one acceleration parameter of the portable electronic device with a motion sensor;

generating at least one displacement parameter of the portable electronic device by processing the acceleration parameter; and

adjusting a display page of the portable electronic device according to the displacement parameter.

16. A display control method of a portable electronic device in accordance with claim 15, further comprising a step of generating at least one velocity parameter by processing the acceleration parameter and adjusting the display page in a variable speed manner according to the velocity parameter.

17. A display control method of a portable electronic device in accordance with claim 15, wherein the motion sensor is a 3-axle accelerometer

18. A display control method of a portable electronic device in accordance with claim 15, wherein the acceleration parameter is sum of an X-directional acceleration parameter and a Y-directional acceleration parameter, wherein the display page is adjusted in an omni-directional manner.

19. A display control method of a portable electronic device in accordance with claim 15, wherein the acceleration parameter is a Z-directional acceleration parameter and the display page is adjusted in a zooming manner.

20. A display control method of a portable electronic device in accordance with claim 15, wherein the portable electronic device is a personal digital assistant or a cellular phone with global position system function.