PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH MOTION SENSING MODULE

• US 20090051647A1
• Filed: 12/20/2007
• Published: 02/26/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/24/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: YEN, HSIN-CHIEH, SU, CHIH-CHUNG, HUANG, SHIH-HSIN
• Application Number:
  US11/961,262
• Publication Number:
  US 20090051647A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/156
• 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

A portable electronic device includes a display module for displaying a menu, a motion sensing module, and a controlling module. The menu having a plurality of menu options. The motion sensing module detects a motion of the portable electronic device imparted by a user and generates a trigger signal associated with the motion of the portable electronic device. The controlling module controls choosing and/or executing a menu option in response to the trigger signal.

Claims

1. A portable electronic device, comprising:

a display module for displaying a menu, the menu having a plurality of menu options;

a motion sensing module for detecting a motion of the portable electronic device imparted by a user and generating a trigger signal associated with the motion of the portable electronic device; and

a controlling module for controlling choosing and/or executing a menu option in response to the trigger signal.

2. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the motion sensing module comprises an acceleration sensing unit or a gyroscope sensing unit.

3. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the display module comprises a display screen for displaying the menu and the menu options.

4. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a body, wherein the motion sensing module is mounted in the body and the display module is rotatably connected to the body by a hinge structure.

5. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising an image capturing module for capturing images.