Call connection method and apparatus in mobile terminal

• US 20110119641A1
• Filed: 11/16/2010
• Published: 05/19/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/16/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Je Min
• Granted Patent: US 9,344,541 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/863
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2747 Scrolling on a display
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041

Abstract

A call connection method and apparatus of a portable terminal capable of reducing errors due to automatic call connection using a user gesture and recognition of the user gesture are provided. The call connection method of a portable terminal includes providing a list according to a user request, sequentially sensing a first event and a second event according to a user gesture performed after a specific object in the list is selected, and performing automatic call connection based on the specific object when the first event and the second event are sensed.

Claims

1. A call connection method of a portable terminal, the method comprising:

providing a list based at least partly upon a user request;

sequentially sensing a first event and a second event according to a user gesture performed after a specific object in the list is selected; and

performing an automatic call connection based on the specific object when the first event and the second event are sensed.

2. The method claim 1, wherein sequentially sensing a first event and a second event comprises:

sensing the first event by a first sensor according to a first information variation; and

sensing the second event by a second sensor according to a second information variation.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein sensing the first event comprises:

activating the first sensor when the specific object in the list is selected;

sensing the first event by the first sensor; and

acquiring a telephone number associated with the specific object and activating the second sensor when the first event is sensed.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein acquiring a telephone number associated with the specific object comprises extracting the telephone number associated with the selected specific object when the first event is sensed by the first sensor, the first event indicating that a first information set and stored in the portable terminal varies.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the first information set is a reference value that measures at least one of position information variation, acceleration information variation, and tilt information variation of the portable terminal.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein performing an automatic call connection comprises processing a call connection to the extracted telephone number when the second event is sensed by the second sensor.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein processing a call connection comprising performing a transmission of a signal for the call connection using the extracted telephone number when the second event is sensed, the second event indicating that the second information set stored in the portable terminal varies.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the second information is a reference value that measures at least one of proximity information variation and luminance information variation of the portable terminal.

9. The method of claim 2, wherein the list comprises at least one object with an associated telephone number, and is one of a call log list, a phone book list, and a message list.

10. A portable terminal comprising:

a display unit configured to display a screen of a list corresponding to a user request, the list comprising one or more objects; and

a storage unit configured to store a list composed of the one or more objects with a corresponding telephone number for each object and a reference value corresponding to an automatic call connection function;

a sensing unit configured to sense a first event and a second event according to a user gesture corresponding to the automatic call connection function; and

a controller configured to process a call connection to a telephone number of a selected object in response to the first event and the second event sensed by the sensing unit.

11. The portable terminal of claim 10, wherein the sensing unit comprises:

a first sensor configured to sense the first event indicating that a first information set of the portable terminal varies; and

a second sensor configured to sense the second event indicating that a second information set of the portable terminal varies.

12. The portable terminal of claim 11, wherein the first event indicates that the first information set stored in the storage unit varies, and the first information set is a reference value that measures at least one of position information variation, acceleration information variation, and tilt information variation of the portable terminal.

13. The portable terminal of claim 11, wherein the second event indicates that the second information set stored in the storage unit varies, and the second information set is a reference value that measures at least one of proximity information variation and luminance information variation of the portable terminal.

14. The portable terminal of claim 11, wherein the controller controls activation of the first sensor when a specific object of the list is selected, and the controller extracts a telephone number corresponding to the selected object when the first event is sensed by the first sensor.

15. The portable terminal of claim 14, wherein the controller controls activation of the second sensor when the telephone number is extracted, and the controller controls a call connection to the extracted telephone number when the second event is sensed by the second sensor.

16. The portable terminal of claim 15, wherein the controller controls inactivation of the first sensor and the second sensor according to a set time operation with respect to each of the first sensor and the second sensor when the first sensor and the second sensor are activated.

17. A portable terminal comprising:

a display unit configured to display a screen of a list corresponding to a user request, the list comprising one or more objects; and

an input unit configured to receive a selection of an object from the list;

a storage unit configured to store a list composed of the one or more objects with a corresponding telephone number for each object;

a sensing unit configured to sense by a first sensor a variance in a first information set of the portable terminal and to sense by a second sensor a variance in a second information set of the portable terminal; and

a controller configured to process a call connection to the telephone number of the selected object in response to the sensing of the variance in the first information set and the variance in the second information set by the sensing unit.

18. The portable terminal of claim 17, wherein the first information set is stored in the storage unit, and the first information set is a reference value that measures at least one of position information variation, acceleration information variation, and tilt information variation of the portable terminal, and

wherein the second information set is stored in the storage unit varies, and the second information set is a reference value that measures at least one of proximity information variation and luminance information variation of the portable terminal.

19. The portable terminal of claim 17, wherein the controller is configured to activate the first sensor when a specific object from the list is selected, and extract a telephone number corresponding to the selected object when the variance in the first information set of the portable terminal is sensed by the first sensor.

20. The portable terminal of, claim 17, wherein the controller is configured to activate the second sensor when the telephone number is extracted, and control a call connection to the extracted telephone number when the variance in the second information set of the portable terminal is sensed by the second sensor.