HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME

• US 20140179365A1
• Filed: 02/27/2014
• Published: 06/26/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/27/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Original Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Inventors: LUKE, Hok-Sum H., WANG, Chih-Hua, TSUEI, Yuan-Mao, WU, Ying-Huang, CHEN, Yi-Lin, PENG, Hsiang-Yuan, CHIN, Cheng-Hao
• Application Number:
  US14/192,548
• Publication Number:
  US 20140179365A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/550.1
• 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 1/1694 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: H04B 1/1607 Supply circuits converters H02M; filters therefor H02M1/14; voltage stabilisers G05F1/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/02 Power saving arrangements in wired systems H04L12/12; signaling of mobile application services, e.g. low battery notifications H04W4/20
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

A handheld electronic device and a method and a computer-readable medium for controlling the same are provided. The handheld electronic device includes a controller configured to determine a tiling state of the handheld electronic device, and control the handheld electronic device to perform a function in response to a determination that the handheld electronic device is in a first state, thereafter changes to a second tiling state, wherein the tiling state is in the first tiling state only when the tiling angle of the handheld electronic device is within a first predetermined tiling angle range with respect to a reference point, the tilting state is in the second tiling state only when the tiling angle of the handheld electronic device is within a second predetermined tiling angle range with respect to the reference point, and the first and second predetermined tiling angle ranges do not overlap with each other.

Claims

1. A method of controlling a handheld electronic device to perform a function by using a sensor to detect a tilting angle of the handheld electronic device, the method comprising:

determining the tiling state of the handheld electronic device, wherein the tiling state is determined to be in the first tiling state only when the tiling angle of the handheld electronic device is within a first predetermined tiling angle range with respect to a reference point, the tilting state is determined to be in the second tiling state only when the tiling angle of the handheld electronic device is within a second predetermined tiling angle range with respect to the reference point, and the first predetermined tiling angle range and the second predetermined tiling angle range do not overlap with each other; and

controlling the handheld electronic device to perform the function in response to a determination that the handheld electronic device is in the first state, thereafter changes to the second tiling state.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the handheld electronic device is determined to be in the second tiling state when the tiling angle of the handheld electronic device stays within the second predetermined tiling angle range for a predetermined time period.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the handheld electronic device is determined to be in the second tiling state when the tiling angle of the handheld electronic device is determined to be within the second predetermined tiling angle range for n consecutive times, and n is an integral and is more than one.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the controlling step includes controlling the handheld electronic device to perform the function regardless of the tiling state of the handheld electronic device being passed through before the handheld electronic device arrives at the second state.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the handheld electronic device is determined to be in the second tiling state when the tiling angle of the handheld electronic device stays within the second predetermined tiling angle range for a predetermined time period.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the handheld electronic device is determined to be in the second tiling state when the tiling angle of the handheld electronic device is determined to be within the second predetermined tiling angle range for n consecutive times, and n is an integral and is more than one.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the function comprises one or more of entering into a mute mode of the handheld electronic device, muting a sound of the handheld electronic device, muting a ringtone notice of the handheld electronic device.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the first state is a face up state and the second state is a face down state.

9. A handheld electronic device comprising:

a sensor configured to detect a tiling angle of the handheld electronic device; and

a controller coupled to the sensor, and configured to

determine a tiling state of the handheld electronic device, and

control the handheld electronic device to perform a function in response to a determination that the handheld electronic device is in a first state, thereafter changes to a second tiling state,

wherein the tiling state is determined to be in the first tiling state only when the tiling angle of the handheld electronic device is within a first predetermined tiling angle range with respect to a reference point, the tilting state is determined to be in the second tiling state only when the tiling angle of the handheld electronic device is within a second predetermined tiling angle range with respect to the reference point, and the first predetermined tiling angle range and the second predetermined tiling angle range do not overlap with each other.

10. The handheld electronic device of claim 9, wherein the handheld electronic device is determined to be in the second tiling state when the tiling angle of the handheld electronic device stays within the second predetermined tiling angle range for a predetermined time period.

11. The handheld electronic device of claim 9, wherein the handheld electronic device is determined to be in the second tiling state when the tiling angle of the handheld electronic device is determined to be within the second predetermined tiling angle range for n consecutive times, and n is an integral and is more than one.

12. The handheld electronic device of claim 9, wherein the controller is configured to control the handheld electronic device to perform the function regardless of the tiling state of the handheld electronic device being passed through before the handheld electronic device arrives at the second state.

13. The handheld electronic device of claim 12, wherein the handheld electronic device is determined to be in the second tiling state when the tiling angle of the handheld electronic device stays within the second predetermined tiling angle range for a predetermined time period.

14. The handheld electronic device of claim 12, wherein the handheld electronic device is determined to be in the second tiling state when the tiling angle of the handheld electronic device is determined to be within the second predetermined tiling angle range for n consecutive times, and n is an integral and is more than one.

15. The handheld electronic device of claim 9, wherein the function comprises one or more of entering into a mute mode of the handheld electronic device, muting a sound of the handheld electronic device, muting a ringtone notice of the handheld electronic device.

16. The handheld electronic device of claim 9, wherein the first state is a face up state and the second state is a face down state.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing a computer program product comprising handheld electronic device executable instructions for controlling a handheld electronic device to perform a function by using a sensor to detect a tilting angle of the handheld electronic device, the handheld electronic device executable instructions comprising:

determining the tiling state of the handheld electronic device, wherein the tiling state is determined to be in the first tiling state only when the tiling angle of the handheld electronic device is within a first predetermined tiling angle range with respect to a reference point, the tilting state is determined to be in the second tiling state only when the tiling angle of the handheld electronic device is within a second predetermined tiling angle range with respect to the reference point, and the first predetermined tiling angle range and the second predetermined tiling angle range do not overlap with each other; and

controlling the handheld electronic device to perform the function in response to a determination that the handheld electronic device is in the first state, thereafter changes to the second tiling state.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the controlling handheld electronic device executable instructions include controlling the handheld electronic device to perform the function regardless of the tiling state of the handheld electronic device being passed through before the handheld electronic device arrives at the second state.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the function comprises one or more of entering into a mute mode of the handheld electronic device, muting a sound of the handheld electronic device, muting a ringtone notice of the handheld electronic device.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the first state is a face up state and the second state is a face down state.