METHOD FOR SETTING OPTIONS AND USER DEVICE ADAPTED THERETO

• US 20130205131A1
• Filed: 02/06/2013
• Published: 08/08/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/08/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: LEE, Kyungeun, Jeon, Yongjoon, Kim, Minchul, Hong, Sungi
• Granted Patent: US 9,436,478 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 713/100
• 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 3/0346 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 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44 Arrangements for executing specific programs
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• 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

Abstract

A method and device for a user to intuitively and simply alter the setting of options of an application that is being executed in a user device by detecting interactions via a sensor module during execution of a specific mode, identifying an option corresponding to a detected interaction, altering an option setting value of the identified option according to a detected interaction, and displaying the altered option setting value and storing the option of the specific mode with the altered option setting value.

Claims

1. A method for setting options of a user device comprising:

detecting interactions via a sensor module during execution of a specific mode;

identifying an option corresponding to a detected interaction;

altering an option setting value of the identified option according to a detected interaction, and displaying the altered option setting value; and

storing the option of the specific mode with the altered option setting value.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein detecting interactions comprises:

detecting a first interaction via a first sensor of the sensor module;

executing an option setting mode according to the first interaction;

detecting a second interaction via a second sensor of the sensor module in the option setting mode; and

altering an option setting value of the option according to the second interaction.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein detecting interactions comprises:

detecting a first or second interaction via a specific sensor of the sensor module;

altering, if the first interaction is detected, an option setting value of a first option according to the first interaction; and

altering, if the second interaction is detected, an option setting value of a second option according to the second interaction.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein detecting interactions comprises:

detecting a first or third interaction via a first sensor of the sensor module;

determining, if the first interaction is detected, an option setting value of a first option as a value to be altered, and altering the option setting value of the first option according to a second interaction input to a second sensor; and

determining, if the third interaction is detected, an option setting value of a second option as a value to be altered, and altering the option setting value of the second option according to a fourth interaction input to the second sensor.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein displaying the altered option setting value comprises:

displaying a guide message showing pop-up window when the option setting mode is executed according to the first interaction.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

altering the option according to the second interaction detected via the second sensor and displaying the altered result via the guide message showing pop-up window.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying an option comprises:

identifying a sensor that detected the interaction;

determining whether the interaction detected via the sensor is an interaction for option setting; and

identifying, if the interaction is an interaction for the option setting, an option mapped to the interaction and the sensor in the specific mode.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein storing the option of the specific mode comprises:

mapping a number of options to the specific mode and storing option setting values of the respective options.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the option setting value of the specific mode is applied to a corresponding application only in the specific mode.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining, when an application is executed, whether there are option setting values set for the application;

executing, if there are option setting values set for the application, the application with the option setting values; and

executing, if there are not any option setting values set for the application, the application with default option setting values set in the user device.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the altered option setting value comprises:

determining an option setting value of the option according to a state of the user device changed by creating the interaction; and

altering the option according to the determined option setting value, and outputting the altered option.

12. A user device comprising:

a sensor module for detecting a change in state of the user device, wherein the sensor module comprises one or more sensors;

a storage unit for storing one or more options according to respective modes of the user device and one or more option setting values according to each of the options;

a display unit for displaying a guide message showing pop-up window for showing a message for setting an option in a specific mode; and

a controller for managing option setting values of one or more options for each of the modes;

altering, if an interaction is detected via the sensor module in a specific mode, the option setting values according to the interaction; and

operating the option of the specific mode with the altered option setting values.

13. The user device of claim 12, wherein the controller executes an option setting mode if a first interaction is detected via a first sensor of the sensor module;

and alters, if a second interaction is detected via a second sensor of the sensor module in the option setting mode, the option setting values according to the second interaction.

14. The user device of claim 12, wherein the controller detects interactions that are different in type from each other via specific sensors of the sensor module, and alters a setting value of a first or second option according to the detected type of interaction.

15. The user device of claim 12, wherein the controller:

executes, when detecting a first interaction via a first sensor of the sensor module, an option setting mode of a first option, and alters an option setting value of the first option according to a second interaction of a second sensor of the sensor module in the option setting mode of the first option; and

executes, when detecting a third interaction via the first sensor of the sensor module, an option setting mode of a second option, and alters an option setting value of the second option according to a fourth interaction of the second sensor of the sensor module in the option setting mode of the second option.