CONTROLLING OPERATION OF INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE USING MOVEMENT DATA

• US 20070288779A1
• Filed: 02/09/2007
• Published: 12/13/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 05/16/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: KIM, Jung Hun
• Granted Patent: US 7,885,431 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 713/320
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3203 Power management, i.e. event-based initiation of a power-saving mode
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3262 Power saving in digitizer or tablet
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3265 Power saving in display device
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management

Abstract

An apparatus and a method for controlling an operation of an information processing device using movement data of the information processing device or a peripheral device are provided. An operation configuration variable set value for performing a predetermined function of the information processing device is changed according to movement data of the information processing device or the peripheral device detected by a movement detecting unit. After that, a predetermined function provided by the information processing device is automatically enabled or disabled, so that power consumption of a battery is minimized and user convenience in using the information processing device is enhanced.

Claims

1. An information processing device comprising:

a movement detecting unit configured to provide a movement signal indicating a movement of the information processing device;

a display unit; and

a control unit configured to control operation of the display unit based on the movement signal of the movement detecting unit.

2. The information processing device of claim 1, wherein the control unit is configured to control power consumption of the information processing device based on the movement signal.

3. The information processing device of claim 1, wherein brightness of the display unit is adjusted based on the movement signal.

4. The information processing device of claim 1, further comprising a touch screen unit which is configured to be disabled or enabled based on the movement signal.

5. The information processing device of claim 1, further comprising a storage unit which is configured to be protected from an external impact based on the movement signal.

6. An apparatus for controlling an operation of an information processing device using movement data, the apparatus comprising:

a set data storing unit for storing an operation configuration set value for performing a predetermined function of the information processing device;

a function processing unit for performing the predetermined function using the operation configuration set value;

a movement detecting unit for detecting movement data of the information processing device or a peripheral device thereof; and

a control unit for controlling an operation of performing the predetermined function depending on an output of the movement detecting unit.

7. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the information processing device is a notebook computer.

8. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the function processing unit is a screen brightness adjusting unit of a display unit or a touch screen driving unit.

9. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the screen brightness adjusting unit adjusts screen brightness of the display unit to a brightness level corresponding to an output of the movement detecting unit.

10. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the brightness level is a high level, a middle level, or a low level.

11. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the movement detecting unit outputs a signal that is in proportion to a movement degree or acceleration of the information processing device.

12. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the movement detecting unit comprises a G-sensor.

13. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the control unit comprises a movement data judging module for analyzing an output of the movement detecting unit to judge whether to modify the operation configuration set value for performing the predetermined function.

14. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the control unit directly controls the function processing unit or modifies set values of the set data storing unit depending on an output of a movement data judging module.

15. The apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the set value is to enable or disable the predetermined function.

16. A method for controlling an operation of an information processing device using movement data, the method comprising:

detecting movement data of the information processing device;

determining a screen brightness level corresponding to the detected movement data; and

controlling brightness of a display screen to brightness corresponding to the determined screen brightness level.

17. The method according to claim 16, wherein the detecting of the movement data is performed when an automatic control function according to the movement data is set.

18. The method according to claim 16, wherein the detecting of the movement data comprises detecting the movement data using a G-sensor.

19. The method according to claim 16, wherein the detecting of the movement data comprises detecting a signal that is proportional to a movement degree or acceleration of the information processing device.

20. The method according to claim 16, wherein the determining of the screen brightness level comprises determining the screen brightness as a high level, a middle level, or a low level depending on the movement data.

21. A method for controlling an operation of an information processing device using movement data, the method comprising:

detecting movement data of the information processing device;

determining whether to perform a touch screen function in response to the detected movement data; and

controlling performing of the touch screen function according to the determination.

22. The method according to claim 21, wherein the detecting of the movement data is performed when an automatic control function according to the movement data is set.

23. The method according to claim 21, wherein the detecting of the movement data comprises detecting the movement data using a G-sensor.

24. The method according to claim 21, wherein the detecting of the movement data comprises detecting a signal that is proportional to a movement degree or acceleration of the information processing device.

25. The method according to claim 21, wherein the controlling of the performing of the touch screen function comprises changing operation configuration variable set values for performing the touch screen function to “

enable”

or “

disable”

.