METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A COMPUTING SYSTEM

• US 20130293462A1
• Filed: 07/08/2013
• Published: 11/07/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Elite Gaming Tech LLC (Alpha Alpha Intellectual Partners LLC)
• Original Assignee: Durham Logistics LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Orchard, John T., Uhlik, Christopher R.
• Granted Patent: US 9,298,280 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/156
• CPC Class Codes: G01P 13/00 Indicating or recording presence, absence, or direction, of movement electric switches H01H; counting moving objects G06M7/00
• 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 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 3/038 Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry

Abstract

A handheld computing device is introduced comprising a motion detection sensor(s) and a motion control agent. The motion detection sensor(s) detect motion of the computing device in one or more of six (6) fields of motion and generate an indication of such motion. The motion control agent, responsive to the indications of motion received from the motion sensors, generate control signals to modify, one or more of the operating state and/or the displayed content of the computing device based, at least in part, on the received indications.

Claims

1. A handheld computing device comprising:

a motion detection sensor(s), to detect motion of the computing device in one or more of six (6) fields of motion and to generate an indication of such motion; and

a motion control agent, responsive to motion indications received from the one or more motion detectors, to selectively generate control signals to modify one or more of the operating state and/or the displayed content of the computing device based, at least in part, on the motion indications.

2. A storage medium comprising a plurality of executable instructions which, when implemented by a computing device, cause the machine to implement a motion control agent to receive indication(s) that the computing device is being physically manipulated in one or more of six (6) fields of motion and to generate control signals to modifying one or more of the operating state and/or displayed content of the computing device in response to such indication(s).

3. A method for controlling a handheld computing device, the method comprising:

receiving indications of motion of the computing device in one or more of six (6) fields of motion from motion detection sensor(s) integrated with the computing device; and

modifying an operating state and/or displayed content of the computing device in response to receiving such indication(s) of motion.