SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING A MOBILE COMPUTING PRODUCT/ARRANGEMENT

• US 20110221673A1
• Filed: 05/19/2011
• Published: 09/15/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 04/06/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc. (Zebra Technologies Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc. (Zebra Technologies Corporation)
• Inventors: Bellows, David, Hamilton, Alistair, Wulff, Thomas, Cordes, Kevin, Bhatia, Sudhir
• Application Number:
  US13/111,493
• Publication Number:
  US 20110221673A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/156
• CPC Class Codes: G01P 1/127 for acceleration values
• CPC Class Codes: G01P 15/00 Measuring acceleration; Measuring deceleration; Measuring shock, i.e. sudden change of acceleration
• CPC Class Codes: G01P 3/50 for measuring linear speed G01P3/56 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/18 Signals indicating condition of a camera member or suitability of light indicating depth of field G03B13/30
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 2217/18 Signals indicating condition of a camera member or suitability of light
• 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 1/1698 the I/O peripheral being a sending/receiving arrangement to establish a cordless communication link, e.g. radio or infrared link, integrated cellular phone details of antennas disposed inside a computer H01Q1/2266
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3203 Power management, i.e. event-based initiation of a power-saving mode
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3246 by software initiated power-off
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3265 Power saving in display device
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/88 Detecting or preventing theft or loss
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1614 Image rotation following screen orientation, e.g. switching from landscape to portrait mode
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2101 Auditing as a secondary aspect
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2111 Location-sensitive, e.g. geographical location, GPS
• 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: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• 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: H04W 52/027 by controlling a display operation or backlight unit
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 : Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 : in wireless communication networks

Abstract

Described is a system and method for monitoring a mobile computing Arrangement. The arrangement may include a sensor and a processor. The sensor detects first data of an event including a directional orientation and a motion of the arrangement. The processor compares the first data to second data to determine if at least one predetermined procedure is to be executed. The second data may include a predetermined threshold range of changes in the directional orientation and the motion. If the predetermined procedure is to be executed, the processor selects the predetermined procedure which corresponds to the event as a function of the first data. Subsequently, the predetermined procedures is executed.

Claims

1-44. -44. (canceled)

45. A mobile computing device, comprising:

a display having a portrait mode and a landscape mode, a view in the portrait mode being rotated ninety degrees from a view in the landscape mode;

a sensor detecting an orientation of the display and generating a sensor signal in response to a change in the orientation of the display; and

a processor receiving the sensor signal from the sensor and changing a mode of the display from one of the portrait mode and the landscape mode to the other one of the portrait mode and the landscape mode in response to the sensor signal, the processor adjusting an aspect ratio of the view upon changing the mode of the display.

46. The mobile computing device of claim 45, wherein the sensor detects at least one of a linear velocity value, an angular velocity value, a linear acceleration value, and an angular acceleration value.

47. The mobile computing device of claim 45, wherein the orientation includes at least one angular movement value of the display with respect to at least one axis of the display.

48. The mobile computing device of claim 45 further comprising a non-volatile memory device coupled to the processor for storing the sensor signal.

49. The mobile computing device of claim 45 further comprising a transceiver coupled to the processor, the transceiver transmitting the sensor signal to an external device.

50. The mobile computing device of claim 45 further comprising a data capture device coupled to the processor for capturing data.

51. The mobile computing device of claim 45 further comprising a global positioning system module coupled to the processor for tracking a location of the device.

52. The mobile computing device of claim 45, further comprising a housing for supporting the display, the sensor, and the processor.

53. The mobile computing device of claim 45, wherein the sensor is spatially fixed relative to the display.

54. The mobile computing device of claim 45, wherein the sensor comprises at least one of an accelerometer, a strain gauge, a piezo electric device, and a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) device.

55. The mobile computing device of claim 45, further comprising a control for preventing the display from changing from one of the portrait mode and the landscape mode to the other one of the portrait mode and the landscape mode when the display is rotated by ninety degrees.

56. A method, comprising:

detecting an orientation of a display having a portrait mode and a landscape mode, a view in the portrait mode being rotated ninety degrees from a view in the landscape mode;

generating a sensor signal in response to a change in the orientation of the display;

changing a mode of the display from one of the portrait mode and the landscape mode to the other one of the portrait mode and the landscape mode in response to the sensor signal; and

adjusting an aspect ratio of the view upon changing the mode of the display.

57. The method of claim 56, wherein detecting the orientation comprises detecting at least one of a linear velocity value, an angular velocity value, a linear acceleration value, and an angular acceleration value.

58. The method of claim 56, wherein the orientation includes at least one angular movement value of the display with respect to at least one axis of the display.

59. The method of claim 56 further comprising storing the sensor signal.

60. The method of claim 56 further comprising transmitting the sensor signal to an external device.

61. The method of claim 56 further comprising a capturing data with a data capture device.

62. The method of claim 56 further comprising tracking a location of the device.

63. The method of claim 56, further comprising preventing the display from changing from one of the portrait mode and the landscape mode to the other one of the portrait mode and the landscape mode when the display is rotated by ninety degrees.

64. A mobile computing device, comprising:

means for detecting an orientation of a display having a portrait mode and a landscape mode, a view in the portrait mode being rotated ninety degrees from a view in the landscape mode;

means for generating a sensor signal in response to a change in the orientation of the display;

means for changing a mode of the display from one of the portrait mode and the landscape mode to the other one of the portrait mode and the landscape mode in response to the sensor signal; and

means for adjusting an aspect ratio of the view upon changing the mode of the display.

65. The mobile computing device of claim 64, wherein the means for generating the sensor signal comprises at least one of an accelerometer, a strain gauge, a piezo electric device, and a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) device.

66. A mobile computing device, comprising:

a display having a portrait mode and a landscape mode, a view in the portrait mode being rotated ninety degrees from a view in the landscape mode;

a sensor detecting an orientation of the display and generating a sensor signal in response to a change in the orientation of the display; and

a processor receiving the sensor signal from the sensor, the processor changing a mode of the display from one of the portrait mode and the landscape mode to the other one of the portrait mode and the landscape mode in response to the sensor signal.

67. The mobile computing device of claim 66, wherein the sensor detects at least one of a linear velocity value, an angular velocity value, a linear acceleration value, and an angular acceleration value.

68. The mobile computing device of claim 66, wherein the orientation includes at least one angular movement value of the display with respect to at least one axis of the display.

69. The mobile computing device of claim 66 further comprising a non-volatile memory device coupled to the processor for storing the sensor signal.

70. The mobile computing device of claim 66 further comprising a transceiver coupled to the processor, the transceiver transmitting the sensor signal to an external device.

71. The mobile computing device of claim 66, wherein the sensor comprises at least one of an accelerometer, a strain gauge, a piezo electric device, and a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) device.

72. The mobile computing device of claim 66, further comprising a control for preventing the display from changing from one of the portrait mode and the landscape mode to the other one of the portrait mode and the landscape mode when the display is rotated by ninety degrees.