MOBILE TELEPHONE WITH INERTIAL SENSOR

• US 20110171946A1
• Filed: 03/23/2011
• Published: 07/14/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Philips North America LLC (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Inventors: Soehren, Wayne A.
• Application Number:
  US13/070,187
• Publication Number:
  US 20110171946A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/418
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/20 Instruments for performing navigational calculations G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/14 specially adapted for specific applications
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/46 the supplementary measurement being of a radio-wave signal type
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/0009 Transmission of position information to remote stations involving assistance data G01S5/0236
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/0221 Receivers
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/06 Position of source determined by co-ordinating a plurality of position lines defined by path-difference measurements G01S5/12 takes precedence

Abstract

At least one inertial sensor is configured to sense movement of a mobile telephone. Information derived at least in part from data output by the inertial sensor related to the movement of the mobile telephone is used as an input to a user interface implemented by software executing on the mobile telephone.

Claims

1. A mobile telephone comprising:

at least one inertial sensor configured to sense movement of the mobile telephone; and

at least one programmable processor configured to execute software, the at least one programmable processor communicatively coupled to the inertial sensor;

wherein the software is configured to use information derived at least in part from data output by the inertial sensor related to the movement of the mobile telephone as an input to a user interface implemented by the software on the mobile telephone.

2. The mobile telephone of claim 1, wherein the inertial sensor comprises at least one of:

an accelerometer; and

a gyroscope.

3. The mobile telephone of claim 1, wherein the information derived at least in part from the data output by the inertial sensor related to the movement of the mobile telephone comprises information indicative of at least one of an attitude of the mobile telephone, a velocity of the mobile telephone, and an acceleration of the mobile telephone.

4. The mobile telephone of claim 1, wherein the inertial sensor is attached to the mobile telephone.

5. The mobile telephone of claim 1 further comprising at least one of:

a display, a speaker, a key pad, a microphone, and a touch screen.

6. The mobile telephone of claim 1 further comprising at least one of a magnetic sensor, a barometric pressure sensor, a radio frequency sensor, a physiological sensor, a global position system receiver, a time difference of arrival interface, and a time of arrival interface.

7. A method comprising:

sensing movement of a mobile telephone at least in part using an inertial sensor;

providing information derived at least in part from sensor data output by the inertial sensor to at least one programmable processor included in the mobile telephone; and

using at least some of the information provided to the programmable processor as an input to software executing on the programmable processor included in the mobile telephone; and

using the information derived at least in part from the data output by the inertial sensor as an input to a user interface implemented by the software on the mobile telephone.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the inertial sensor comprises at least one of:

an accelerometer; and

a gyroscope.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein information derived at least in part from the sensor data output by the inertial sensor comprises information indicative of at least one of an attitude of the mobile telephone, a velocity of the mobile telephone, and an acceleration of the mobile telephone.

10. A program product for use with a mobile telephone having an inertial sensor attached thereto, the program product comprising a non-transitory processor-readable medium on which program instructions are embodied, wherein the program instructions are operable, when executed by at least one programmable processor included in the mobile telephone, to cause the mobile telephone to:

obtain information derived from sensor data output by the inertial sensor;

use at least some of the information derived from the sensor data output by the inertial sensor as an input for the program product; and

use the information derived at least in part from the data output by the inertial sensor as an input to a user interface on the mobile telephone.

11. The program product of claim 10, wherein the information derived from the sensor data output by the inertial sensor is indicative of at least one of an attitude of the mobile telephone, a velocity of the mobile telephone, and an acceleration of the mobile telephone.