Electronic Apparatus

• US 20080254821A1
• Filed: 07/04/2005
• Published: 10/16/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 07/15/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Vodafone Group PLC
• Original Assignee: Vodafone Group PLC
• Inventors: Katayama, Takashi, Moroto, Mineko, Nishide, Yasuhiro, Yamazaki, Jun, Kusuda, Hirohisa, Tsujino, Daisuke
• Granted Patent: US 8,624,838 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/550.1
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/105 using inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers, gyroscopes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1616 with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1684 Constructional details or arrangements related to integrated I/O peripherals not covered by groups G06F1/1635 - G06F1/1675
• 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 3/017 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: 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
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04815 Interaction with a metaphor-based environment or interaction object displayed as three-dimensional, e.g. changing the user viewpoint with respect to the environment or object

Abstract

An electronic apparatus includes key operation means, control means, detection means, storage means and memory means. The detection means detects motion of the electronic apparatus. The storage means stores motion identification data obtained from detection data on a motion after a predetermined key operation in the key operation means after predetermined guidance information is outputted or data obtained by computing the detection data, in the memory means. The control means executes the specific process according to the comparison results between detection data obtained by detecting a motion of the electronic apparatus after the motion identification data is stored or data obtained by computing the detection data, and the motion identification data.

Claims

1. An electronic apparatus, comprising:

key operation means including keys to be operated by a user;

detection means for detecting a motion of the electronic apparatus;

memory means for storing motion identification data for identifying the motion of the electronic apparatus;

guidance information output means for outputting guidance information for guiding a predetermined key operation for the key operation means and guiding an operation of the electronic apparatus for generating motion of the electronic apparatus corresponding to a specific process after the predetermined key operation;

storage means for storing the motion identification data obtained from detection data on the motion of the electronic apparatus detected by the detection means after the predetermined key operation after the guidance information output means outputs the guidance information or data obtained by computing the detection data, in the memory means; and

control means for executing the specific process according to the comparison results between the detection data obtained by detecting the motion of the electronic apparatus with the detection means after storing the motion identification data or the data obtained by computing the detection data, and the motion identification data.

2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the guidance information output means outputs various guidance information for a plurality of specific processes that the control means can execute;

the storage means performs, for the plurality of specific processes, a process for storing the motion identification data obtained from the detection data on the motion of the electronic apparatus detected by the detection means after the predetermined key operation after the guidance information output means outputs one piece of guidance information or the data obtained by computing the detection data, as motion identification data corresponding to the specific process relating to the one piece of guidance information, in the memory means; and

the control means compares the detection data obtained by detecting the motion with detection means or the data obtained by computing the detection data and a plurality of motion identification data stored in the memory means, and executes the specific process corresponding to the motion identification data including the detection data or the data obtained by computing the detection data.

3. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein acceleration means for detecting acceleration generated in the electronic apparatus is used as the detection means.

4. The electronic apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the acceleration detection means detects a magnitude and direction of the acceleration.

5. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein attitude change detection means for detecting an attitude change of the electronic apparatus is used as the detection means.

6. The electronic apparatus according to claim 5, wherein rotation detection means for detecting rotation angular displacement or rotation angular velocity and rotation direction generated in the electronic apparatus is used as the attitude change detection means.

8. The electronic apparatus according to claim 2, wherein acceleration means for detecting acceleration generated in the electronic apparatus is used as the detection means.

9. The electronic apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the acceleration detection means detects a magnitude and direction of the acceleration.

10. The electronic apparatus according to claim 2, wherein attitude change detection means for detecting an attitude change of the electronic apparatus is used as the detection means.

11. The electronic apparatus according to claim 10, wherein rotation detection means for detecting rotation angular displacement or rotation angular velocity and rotation direction generated in the electronic apparatus is used as the attitude change detection means.

7. An electronic apparatus, comprising:

key operation means including keys to be operated by a user;

detection means for detecting an attitude of the electronic apparatus;

basic attitude data memory means for basic attitude data for identifying a basic attitude of the electronic apparatus;

storage means for storing basic attitude data obtained from detection data on the attitude of the electronic apparatus detected by the detection means at the time of key operation on a specific key of the key operation means or data obtained by computing the detection data, in the basic attitude data memory means; and

control means for executing a specific process based on differences between the detection data obtained by detecting the attitude of the electronic apparatus with the detection means after storing the basic attitude data or the data obtained by computing the detection data, and the basic attitude data.