APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING MOTION RECOGNITION OPERATION

• US 20130222241A1
• Filed: 07/31/2012
• Published: 08/29/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Pantech Corporation (Ideahub, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Pantech Corporation (Ideahub, Inc.)
• Inventors: JEONG, Woo Kyung
• Application Number:
  US13/563,717
• Publication Number:
  US 20130222241A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/158
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/005 Input arrangements through a video camera
• 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: G06F 3/0304 Detection arrangements using opto-electronic means constructional details of pointing devices not related to the detection arrangement using opto-electronic means G06F3/033; optical digitisers G06F3/042
• 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 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

Provided is an apparatus and method for managing a motion recognition operation. The apparatus includes a sensor unit to detect a motion; and a motion recognition processing unit to determine a motion event corresponding to the detected motion, to determine an execution event corresponding to the motion event, and to perform the execution event. The method includes detecting a motion using a sensor; determining a motion event corresponding to the detected motion; converting the motion event into an execution event with respect to an application operating in a foreground; and transmitting the execution event to the application.

Claims

1. A method for managing a motion recognition operation, comprising:

detecting a motion using a sensor;

determining a motion event corresponding to the detected motion;

converting the motion event into an execution event with respect to an application operating in a foreground; and

transmitting the execution event to the application.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the motion is detected in response to detecting a sensor start condition.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the converting the motion event comprises converting according to a conversion table.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the conversion table stores a relationship between a list of motion events and a list of corresponding execution events.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the conversion table stores a relationship between a list of motion events and a list of corresponding execution events with respect to a categorization of the application.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining comprises determining the motion event with respect to a category of the application.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the detected motion is a motion of a portable terminal.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the detected motion is a motion of an object located within a reference proximity of the sensor.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the sensor comprises at least one of a camera sensor, an infrared sensor, a gyro sensor, and an acceleration sensor.

10. A portable terminal, comprising:

a sensor unit to sense a motion; and

a motion recognition processing unit, comprising;

a determining unit to determine a motion event based on the sensed motion;

a converting unit to convert a determined motion event into an execution event with respect to an application operating in a foreground; and

a transmitting unit to transmit the execution event to the application.

11. The portable terminal of claim 10, further comprising a sensor managing unit to control the sensor unit to sense the motion when a start condition of the sensor unit is satisfied.

12. The portable terminal of claim 11, wherein the start condition comprises at least one of activating a display unit, executing an application included in a predetermined category, and executing a predetermined application.

13. The portable terminal of claim 10, wherein the converting unit converts the motion event according to a conversion table.

14. The portable terminal of claim 13, wherein the conversion table stores a relationship between a list of motion events and a list of corresponding execution events.

15. The portable terminal of claim 13, wherein the conversion table stores a relationship between a list of motion events and a list of corresponding execution events with respect to a category of the application.

16. The portable terminal of claim 10, wherein the application belongs to a reference category of applications.

17. The portable terminal of claim 10, wherein the detected motion is a motion of the portable terminal.

18. The portable terminal of claim 10, wherein the detected motion is a motion of an object located within a reference proximity of the sensor.

19. The portable terminal of claim 10, wherein the sensor unit comprises at least one of a camera sensor, an infrared sensor, a gyro sensor, and an acceleration sensor.

20. A portable terminal, comprising:

a sensor unit to detect a motion; and

a motion recognition processing unit to determine a motion event corresponding to the detected motion, to determine an execution event corresponding to the motion event, and to perform the execution event.