Method of Handling Holding Sensors and Related Mobile Device

• US 20140018030A1
• Filed: 07/10/2012
• Published: 01/16/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/10/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Original Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Inventors: Chiu, Yung-Hsiang, Lee, Yu-Cheng
• Granted Patent: US 9,189,030 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/404.1
• 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 1/1656 Details related to functional adaptations of the enclosure, e.g. to provide protection against EMI, shock, water, or to host detachable peripherals like a mouse or removable expansions units like PCMCIA cards, or to provide access to internal components for maintenance or to removable storage supports like CDs or DVDs, or to mechanically mount accessories mounting of accessories to a computer display G06F1/1607; display hoods G06F1/1603; cooling arrangements for portable computers G06F1/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0487 using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser
• 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

Abstract

A method for handling a mobile device with a plurality of holding sensors is disclosed. The method comprises receiving a user input via one or more holding sensors of the plurality of holding sensors; and executing a function according to a touched pattern of the one or more holding sensors; wherein the plurality of holding sensors are located on a housing of the mobile device.

Claims

1. A method for handling a mobile device with a plurality of holding sensors, the method comprising:

receiving a user input via one or more holding sensors of the plurality of holding sensors; and

executing a function according to a touched pattern of the one or more holding sensors;

wherein the plurality of holding sensors are located on a housing of the mobile device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of holding sensors are located on one or more sides or a back of the housing of the mobile device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the touched pattern relates to an amount of the one or more holding sensors.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the touched pattern relates to location of the one or more holding sensors on the housing of the mobile device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the touched pattern relates to a touched sequence of the one or more holding sensors.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein executing the function according to the touched pattern of the one or more holding sensors comprises:

executing the function of an application according to the touched pattern of the one or more holding sensors.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the application is currently executed in the mobile device.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the application is a camera application.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the function of the camera application comprises any combination of an auto focus function, a flash function and a shutter function.

10. The method of claim 6, wherein the application is a phone application.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the function of the phone application comprises handling an incoming call of the mobile device.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the function of the phone application comprises sending at least one of an emergency call and an emergency message.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the function comprises handling power saving of the mobile device.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the function comprises handling rotation of a display on a screen of the mobile device.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein relation between the function and the touched pattern is configured by a user of the mobile device.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein relation between the function and the touched pattern is defined in a template for a user to choose.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein relation between the function and the touched pattern is predefined in the mobile device.

18. A communication device comprising:

a processor for executing a program;

a plurality of holding sensors; and

a storage unit coupled to the processor storing the program;

wherein when executed by the processor, the program instructs the processor to perform the following steps;

receiving a user input via one or more holding sensors of the plurality of holding sensors; and

executing a function according to a touched pattern of the one or more holding sensors;

wherein the plurality of holding sensors are located on a housing of the communication device.

19. The communication device of claim 18, wherein the plurality of holding sensors are located on one or more sides or a back of the housing of the communication device.

20. The communication device of claim 18, wherein the touched pattern relates to an amount of the one or more holding sensors.

21. The communication device of claim 18, wherein the touched pattern relates to location of the one or more holding sensors on the housing of the communication device.

22. The communication device of claim 18, wherein the touched pattern relates to a touched sequence of the one or more holding sensors .

23. The communication device of claim 18, wherein executing the function according to the touched pattern of the one or more holding sensors comprises:

executing the function of an application according to the touched pattern of the one or more holding sensors.

24. The communication device of claim 23, wherein the application is currently executed in the communication device.

25. The communication device of claim 23, wherein the application is a camera application.

26. The communication device of claim 25, wherein the function of the camera application comprises any combination of an auto focus function, a flash function and a shutter function.

27. The communication device of claim 23, wherein the application is a phone application.

28. The communication device of claim 27, wherein the function of the phone application comprises handling an incoming call of the communication device.

29. The communication device of claim 18, wherein the function of the phone application comprises sending at least one of an emergency call and an emergency message.

30. The communication device of claim 18, wherein the function comprises handling power saving of the communication device.

31. The communication device of claim 18, wherein the function comprises handling rotation of a display on a screen of the communication device.

32. The communication device of claim 18, wherein relation between the function and the touched pattern is configured by a user of the mobile device.

33. The communication device of claim 18, wherein relation between the function and the touched pattern is defined in a template for a user to choose.

34. The communication device of claim 18, wherein relation between the function and the touched pattern is predefined in the communication device.

35. A computer-readable storage medium storing a program for handling a plurality of holding sensors of a communication device, when executed by a processor of the communication device, the program instructing the processor to perform the following steps:

receiving a user input via one or more holding sensors of the plurality of holding sensors; and

executing a function according to a touched pattern of the one or more holding sensors;

wherein the plurality of holding sensors are located on a housing of the communication device.