Controlling an Electronic Device

• US 20070225935A1
• Filed: 06/22/2005
• Published: 09/27/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/24/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Matero, Juha, Ronkainen, Sami
• Application Number:
  US11/597,883
• Publication Number:
  US 20070225935A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 702/150
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1636 Sensing arrangement for detection of a tap gesture on the housing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10

Abstract

An electronic device (500) comprising means (510) for identifying a motion pattern in a motion of the device, and means (510) for eliminating the effect of the motion pattern from a control motion employed for controlling the device. The identification unit (510) eliminates the effect of an identified motion pattern from the control motion by comparing the motion information measured by the measurement unit (508) with the control motion stored in the memory (504).

Claims

1. A method of controlling an electronic device, comprising:

identifying a motion pattern in the motion of the device; and

eliminating the effect of the identified motion pattern from a control motion used for controlling the device.

2. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the motion pattern identified in the motion of the device is a recurring motion pattern.

3. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the motion pattern is identified before the start of the control motion.

4. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

a motion pattern detected before the start of the control motion and a motion pattern during the control motion are identified in the device;

only the motion pattern detected before the start of the control motion is eliminated from the control motion.

5. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

in a device-originating event, a predetermined period of time is allowed to pass before information about the event is given to a user of the device;

the motion pattern is identified during said period of time.

6. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

in a user-originating event, an initiation impulse indicative of the start of the use of the device is received from a user;

the motion pattern is identified after reception of the initiation impulse.

7. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

the motion of the device is measured by means of one or more motion parameters.

8. A method as claimed in claim 7, wherein:

one or more motion parameters measured are compared with a reference motion pattern stored in advance in the device;

the reference motion pattern is accepted as identified when the comparison between one or more motion parameters measured and the reference motion pattern fulfils a predetermined threshold condition.

9. A method as claimed in claim 7, wherein:

an autocorrelation function is generated from the values of one or more motion parameters measured;

a recurring motion pattern is identified from the autocorrelation function generated.

10. A method as claimed in claim 7, wherein:

the one or more motion parameters measured are compared with a control motion pattern stored in the device in advance;

the control motion is accepted as identified when the comparison between one or more motion parameters measured and the control motion pattern fulfils a predetermined threshold condition.

11. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the electronic device is a mobile telephone.

12. A method as claimed in claim 2, wherein

the recurring motion pattern is mechanical vibration.

13. A software product, wherein the software product comprises:

a software routine for receiving measurement information descriptive of a motion of the device,

a software routine for identifying a motion pattern in the measurement information, and

a software routine for eliminating the effect of the motion pattern from a control motion used for controlling the device and included in the measurement information.

14. An electronic device, wherein the device comprises:

means for identifying a motion pattern in a motion of the device; and

means for eliminating the effect of the motion pattern from a control motion used for controlling the device.

15. A device as claimed in claim 14, wherein the motion pattern to be identified is a recurring motion pattern.

16. A device as claimed in claim 14, wherein the identification means are configured to identify the motion pattern before the start of the control motion.

17. A device as claimed in claim 14, wherein:

the identification means are configured to identify a motion pattern detected before the start of the control motion and a motion pattern during the control motion; and

the elimination means are configured to eliminate only the motion pattern detected before the start of the control motion from the control motion.

18. A device as claimed in claim 14, comprising:

means for detecting the start of a device-originating event;

means to wait a predetermined period of time before a user of the device is given information about the event; and

the identification means are configured to identify the motion pattern during said period of time.

19. A device as claimed in claim 14, comprising:

means for receiving an initiation impulse indicative of the start of the use from a user of the device; and

the identification means are configured to identify the motion pattern after reception of the initiation impulse.

20. A device as claimed in claim 14, comprising:

means for measuring the motion of the device by means of one or more motion parameters.

21. A device as claimed in claim 20, the identification means being configured to:

compare one or more motion parameters measured with a reference motion pattern stored in advance in the device;

accept the reference motion pattern as identified when the comparison between one or more motion parameters measured and the reference motion pattern fulfils a predetermined threshold condition.

22. A device as claimed in claim 20, wherein the identification means are configured to:

generate an autocorrelation function from the values of one or more motion parameters measured; and

identify a recurring motion pattern from the autocorrelation function generated.

23. A device as claimed in claim 20, comprising:

means for comparing one or more motion parameters measured with a control motion pattern stored in advance in the device;

means for accepting the control motion as identified when the comparison between one or more motion parameters measured and the control motion pattern fulfils a predetermined threshold condition.

24. A device as claimed in claim 14, the electronic device being a mobile telephone.