ELECTRONIC DEVICE

• US 20100265082A1
• Filed: 11/18/2008
• Published: 10/21/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: MOSAID Technologies Inc. (f/k/a Conversant Intellectual Property Management)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Uemura, Takeshi, Nozoe, Toshiyuki
• Granted Patent: US 8,830,077 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/671
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 19/00 Gyroscopes; Turn-sensitive devices using vibrating masses; Turn-sensitive devices without moving masses; Measuring angular rate using gyroscopic effects
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• 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: G11B 19/02 Control of operating function, e.g. switching from recording to reproducing

Abstract

An electronic device includes a case, an angular velocity sensor fixed to the case, a data memory storing plural reference profiles, an output unit operating in a plurality of operation modes corresponding to the reference profiles, and a processor controlling the output unit. The angular velocity sensor sends a signal according to an angular velocity applied to the case. The processor is operable to receive the signal sent from the angular velocity sensor, to select a reference profile out of the plural reference profiles according to the received signal, and to cause the output unit to operate in an operation mode out of the plural operation modes corresponding to the selected reference profile. A user can operate this electronic device with a quick response.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a case;

an angular velocity sensor fixed to the case and sending a signal according to an angular velocity applied to the case;

a data memory storing a plurality of reference profiles;

an output unit operating in a plurality of operation modes corresponding to the reference profiles; and

an processor operable to

receive the signal sent from the angular velocity sensor,

select a reference profile out of the plurality of reference profiles according to the received signal, and

cause the output unit to operate in an operation mode out of the plurality of operation modes corresponding to the selected reference profile.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising

an A/D converter provided between the angular velocity sensor and the processor, and converting the signal sent from the angular velocity sensor to a digital signal,

wherein the plurality of reference profiles stored in the data memory are digital data.

3. The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising

a sound source memory storing a sound source,

wherein the processor is operable to cause the output unit to output the stored sound source in the operation mode corresponding to the selected reference profile.

4. The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising

a sound source memory storing a plurality of sound sources,

wherein the processor is operable to

select a sound source out of the plurality of sound sources corresponding to the selected reference profile, and

cause the output unit to output the selected sound source.

5. The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising a display producing an indication changing according to the operation mode out of the plurality of operation modes corresponding to the selected reference profile.