MOTION INPUT DEVICE FOR PORTABLE TERMINAL AND OPERATION METHOD USING THE SAME

• US 20150040211A1
• Filed: 10/17/2014
• Published: 02/05/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/10/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: KIM, Jinyong, KIM, Kyunghwa, LEE, Jaemyeon, HONG, Hyunsu, SHIN, Seungwoo, BAN, Jihye, OH, Jungyeob, LEE, Myeonglo
• Granted Patent: US 9,626,519 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/16
• 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 21/604 Tools and structures for managing or administering access control systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1636 Sensing arrangement for detection of a tap gesture on the housing
• 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 3/0346 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 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3833 Hand-held transceivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0264 for a camera module assembly

Abstract

The present invention relates to a motion input device for portable terminal and an operation method using the same. A motion input device of a portable terminal of the present invention includes a sensor unit configured to collect a sensor signal from at least one sensor; an operation recognition unit configured to generate a motion signal corresponding to an operation of portable terminal based on the sensor signal; a scenario preparation unit configured to generate an input scenario based on at least one motion signal; and a scenario mapping unit configured to detect, in a scenario database, a standards scenario corresponding to the input scenario, and to generate an input signal corresponding to the standards scenario.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a controller;

a wireless radio frequency unit (RF) electrically coupled to the controller;

a display unit electrically coupled to the controller, wherein the display comprises a touchscreen;

an audio processing unit electrically coupled to the controller;

a sensor unit electrically coupled to the controller; and

a storage unit,

wherein the storage unit stores instructions that, when executed, cause the controller to

receive a first tapping pattern via at least one of the touchscreen, the audio processing unit, or the sensor unit,

store the first tapping pattern in the storage unit,

receive a second tapping pattern via at least one of the touchscreen, the audio is processing unit, or the sensor unit,

determine whether the second tapping pattern corresponds to the first tapping pattern, and

perform a function when the second tapping pattern corresponds to the first tapping pattern.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the function comprises unlocking the touchscreen.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the function comprises locking the touchscreen.

4. The device of claim 3, wherein the instructions further cause the controller to

receive a third tapping pattern via at least one of the touchscreen, the audio processing unit, or the sensor unit,

determine whether the third tapping pattern corresponds to the first tapping pattern, and

perform a function when the third tapping pattern corresponds to the first tapping pattern.

5. The device of claim 4, wherein the function when the third tapping pattern corresponds to the first tapping pattern comprises unlocking the touchscreen locked after receiving the second tapping pattern.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein the function comprises unlocking the electronic device.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein the instructions cause the controller to determine whether the second tapping pattern corresponds to the first tapping pattern by comparing the second tapping pattern against the first tapping pattern, based at least partly on at least one of a tapping intensity, a tapping position, a frequency of tapping, a tapping recognition time, a time interval between tappings, or an entire tapping input time.

8. A method of operating an electronic device, the method comprising:

receiving, by an electronic device comprising a controller, a touchscreen, an audio processing unit, a sensor unit and a storage unit, a first tapping pattern via at least one of the touchscreen, the audio processing unit, or the sensor unit;

storing, by the electronic device, the first tapping pattern in the storage unit;

receiving, by the electronic device, a second tapping pattern via at least one of the touchscreen, the audio processing unit, or the sensor unit;

determining, by the electronic device, whether the second tapping pattern corresponds to the first tapping pattern; and

performing, by the electronic device, a function when the second tapping pattern corresponds to the first tapping pattern.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein performing the function comprises unlocking the touchscreen.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein performing the function comprises locking the touchscreen.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

receiving, by the electronic device, a third tapping pattern via at least one of the touchscreen, the audio processing unit, or the sensor unit,

determining, by the electronic device, whether the third tapping pattern corresponds to the first tapping pattern, and

performing, by the electronic device, a function when the third tapping pattern corresponds to the first tapping pattern.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein performing the function when the third tapping pattern corresponds to the first tapping pattern comprises unlocking the touchscreen locked after receiving the second tapping pattern.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein performing the function comprises unlocking the electronic device.

14. The method of claim 8, wherein determining whether the second tapping pattern corresponds to the first tapping pattern comprises:

comparing the second tapping pattern against the first tapping based at least partly on at least one of a tapping intensity, a tapping position, a frequency of tapping, a tapping recognition time, a time interval between tappings, or an entire tapping input time.

15. A non transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause a processor to:

receive a first tapping pattern via at least one of a touchscreen, an audio processing unit, or a sensor unit,

store the first tapping pattern in a storage unit,

receive a second tapping pattern via at least one of the touchscreen, the audio processing unit, or the sensor unit,

determine whether the second tapping pattern corresponds to the first tapping pattern, and

perform a function when the second tapping pattern corresponds to the first tapping pattern.

16. The medium of claim 15, wherein the function comprises unlocking the touchscreen.

17. The medium of claim 15, wherein the function comprises locking the touchscreen.

18. The medium of claim 17, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to

receive a third tapping pattern via at least one of the touchscreen, the audio processing unit, or the sensor unit,

determine whether the third tapping pattern corresponds to the first tapping pattern, and

perform a function when the third tapping pattern corresponds to the first tapping pattern.

19. The medium of claim 18, wherein the function when the third tapping pattern corresponds to the first tapping pattern comprises unlocking the touchscreen locked after receiving the second tapping pattern.

20. The medium of claim 15, wherein the function comprises unlocking an electronic device.

21. The medium of claim 15, wherein the instructions cause the processor to determine whether the second tapping pattern corresponds to the first tapping pattern by comparing the second tapping pattern against the first tapping pattern, based at least partly on at least one of a tapping intensity, a tapping position, a frequency of tapping, a tapping recognition time, a time interval between tappings or an entire tapping input time.