AUTOMATIC DEVICE DISPLAY ORIENTATION DETECTION

• US 20140267006A1
• Filed: 03/15/2013
• Published: 09/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Raffa, Giuseppe, Wan, Chieh-Yih
• Application Number:
  US13/834,262
• Publication Number:
  US 20140267006A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/156
• 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 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 3/013 Eye tracking input arrangements G06F3/015 takes precedence
• 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

Abstract

The present disclosure provides techniques for automatically changing device display orientation. A computing device includes a display and an inertial measurement unit (IMU) to detect changes in computing device orientation. The computing device also includes a driver to change an orientation of the display when a change in orientation of the computing device is detected by the IMU. A camera can be used to track user eye position in response to detection of a change in orientation of the computing device by the IMU.

Claims

1. A device comprising logic, at least partially comprising hardware logic, to:

receive data from an inertial measurement unit (IMU);

analyze IMU data for changes in computing device orientation; and

orient a device display in accordance with the computing device orientation.

2. The device of claim 1, further comprising logic to receive a user eye position in relation to the device display.

3. The device of claim 2, wherein the user eye position is detected by a camera.

4. The device of claim 3, wherein the camera is triggered by detection of the changes in computing device orientation by the IMU.

5. The device of claim 4, wherein the camera is triggered when the IMU detects changes in device orientation greater than a predetermined amount.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein the IMU comprises a gyrometer, a compass, and an accelerometer.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein the device employs a six degree of freedom (6DOF) algorithm or a nine degree of freedom (9DOF) algorithm.

8. The device of claim 1, comprising logic to detect pitch, roll, and yaw of the device.

9. A system for changing device display orientation, comprising:

an inertial measurement unit (IMU) to collect device orientation data;

a decision unit to analyze the device orientation data to determine changes in device orientation; and

a driver to initiate a change in device display orientation in accordance with a change in device orientation.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the system includes a camera to detect user eye position.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the camera detects user eye position when a change in device orientation is detected by the IMU.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the orientation of the display is changed based on the user eye position.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein the IMU comprises an accelerometer, a gyrometer, and a compass.

14. The system of claim 9, wherein the system employs a six degree of freedom (6DOF) algorithm or a nine degree of freedom (9DOF) algorithm.

15. The system of claim 9, wherein the IMU detects pitch, roll, and yaw of the device.

16. The system of claim 9, wherein the system detects changes in device orientation when the device is in a horizontal position.

17. A computing device, comprising:

a display;

an inertial measurement unit (IMU) to detect changes in device orientation; and

a driver to change an orientation of the display when a change in orientation of the computing device is detected by the IMU.

18. The computing device of claim 17, wherein the computing device includes a camera to detect user eye position.

19. The computing device of claim 18, wherein the camera detects user eye position when a change in device orientation is detected by the IMU.

20. The computing device of claim 17, wherein the driver changes the orientation of the display based on user eye position.

21. The computing device of claim 17, wherein the IMU comprises an accelerometer, a gyrometer, and a compass.

22. The computing device of claim 17, wherein the system employs a six degree of freedom (6DOF) algorithm or a nine degree of freedom (9DOF) algorithm.

23. The computing device of claim 17, wherein the IMU detects pitch, roll, and yaw of the device.

24. A tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable medium comprising code to direct a processor to:

receive data from an inertial measurement unit (IMU);

analyze IMU data for changes in computing device orientation; and

orient a device display in accordance with the computing device orientation.