METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING DIFFERENT USER INTERFACE EFFECTS FOR DIFFERENT MOTION GESTURES AND MOTION PROPERTIES

• US 20120218177A1
• Filed: 02/25/2011
• Published: 08/30/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 02/25/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Piece Future Pte., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Pang, Hawk-Yin, Boda, Péter Pál
• Granted Patent: US 10,146,329 B2
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/0261 in the context of movement of objects on the screen or movement of the observer relative to the screen
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user

Abstract

A method for providing a mechanism by which different user interface effects may be performed for different motion events may include receiving an indication of a motion event at a motion sensor, determining a motion gesture of the motion event, determining a motion property of the motion event, and enabling provision a user interface effect based on the motion property of the motion event. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also provided.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving an indication of a motion event at a motion sensor;

determining a motion gesture of the motion event;

determining a motion property of the motion event; and

enabling provision of a user interface effect based on the motion property of the motion event.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining a motion gesture comprises determining a movement pattern corresponding to the motion event.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the motion property further comprises determining if the property of the motion event exceeds a threshold or corresponds to a pre-defined property type.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein enabling provision of a user interface effect based on the motion property of the motion event comprises enabling provision of a first user interface effect in response to a first motion property and enabling provision of a second user interface effect in response to a second motion property, the first user interface effect and the second user interface effect being different from each other.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein enabling provision of a user interface effect based on the motion property of the motion event comprises enabling provision of sending a message which includes predefined text.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein motion properties comprise at least one of acceleration of the motion event, speed of the motion event, direction of the motion event, and orientation during the motion event.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining a motion context of the motion event, wherein enabling provision of a user interface effect based on the motion property of the motion event further comprises enabling provision of the user interface effect based upon the motion context of the motion event.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the motion context is at least one of a currently running application or a spatial orientation of a device.

9. The method according to claim 7, wherein the motion context may include a condition of a device wherein the condition includes at least one of a dark environment, a bright environment, a temperature, a pulse rate, a grip force, or a sustained speed of motion.

10. An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to at least:

receive an indication of a motion event at a motion sensor;

determine a motion gesture of the motion event;

determine a motion property of the motion event; and

enable provision of a user interface effect based on the motion property of the motion event.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein causing the apparatus to determine a motion gesture comprises causing the apparatus to determine a movement pattern corresponding to the motion event.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein causing the apparatus to determine the motion property further comprises causing the apparatus to determine if the property of the motion event exceeds a threshold.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein causing the apparatus to enable provision of a user interface effect based on the motion property of the motion event comprises causing the apparatus to enable provision of a first user interface effect in response to a first motion property and causing the apparatus to enable provision of a second user interface effect in response to a second motion property, the first user interface effect and the second user interface effect being different from each other.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein causing the apparatus to enable provision of a user interface effect based on the motion property of the motion event comprises causing the apparatus to enable provision of sending a message which includes predefined text.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein motion properties comprise at least one of acceleration of the motion event, speed of the motion event, direction of the motion event, and orientation during the motion event.

16. The method of claim 10, further comprising causing the apparatus to determine a motion context of the motion event, wherein causing the apparatus to enable provision of a user interface effect based on the motion property of the motion event further comprises causing the apparatus to enable provision of the user interface effect based upon the motion context of the motion event.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the motion context is at least one of a currently running application or a spatial orientation of a device.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the motion context may include a condition of a device wherein the condition includes at least one of a dark environment, a bright environment, a temperature, a pulse rate, a grip force, or a sustained speed of motion.

19. A computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable program code instructions stored therein, the computer-executable program code instructions comprising program code instructions to:

receive an indication of a motion event at a motion sensor;

determine a motion gesture of the motion event;

determine a motion property of the motion event; and

enable provision of a user interface effect based on the motion property of the motion event.

20. The computer program product of claim 19, wherein the program code instructions to determine a motion gesture comprises program code instructions to determine a movement pattern corresponding to the motion event.

21. The computer program product of claim 19, wherein the program code instructions to determine the motion property further comprises program code instructions to determine if the property of the motion event exceeds a threshold or corresponds to a pre-defined property type.

22. The computer program product of claim 19, wherein the program code instructions to enable provision of a user interface effect based on the motion property of the motion event comprises program code instructions to enable provision of a first user interface effect in response to a first motion property and program code instructions to enable provision of a second user interface effect in response to a second motion property, the first user interface effect and the second user interface effect being different from each other.

23. The computer program product of claim 19, wherein the program code instructions to enable provision of a user interface effect based on the motion property of the motion event comprises program code instructions to enable provision of sending a message which includes predefined text.

24. The computer program product of claim 19, further comprising program code instructions to determine a motion context of the motion event, wherein the program code instructions to enable provision of a user interface effect based on the motion property of the motion event further comprises program code instructions for enabling provision of the user interface effect based upon the motion context of the motion event.

25. The computer program product of claim 24, wherein the motion context is at least one of a currently running application or a spatial orientation of a device.

26. The computer program product of claim 24, wherein the motion context may include a condition of a device wherein the condition includes at least one of a dark environment, a bright environment, a temperature, a pulse rate, a grip force, or a sustained speed of motion.