MOBILE TERMINAL AND EVENT PROCESSING METHOD

• US 20170251099A1
• Filed: 05/16/2017
• Published: 08/31/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/02/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: CHOI, Kyu-Ok, BANG, Won-Chul
• Granted Patent: US 10,038,777 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0202 Portable telephone sets, e.g. cordless phones, mobile phones or bar type handsets constructional features of telephone transmitters or receivers, e.g. of speakers or microphones H04M1/03
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72448 with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 19/04 the ringing-current being generated at the substations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 19/047 Vibrating means for incoming calls
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 19/048 Arrangements providing optical indication of the incoming call, e.g. flasher circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 68/005 Transmission of information for alerting of incoming communication

Abstract

Provided is a mobile terminal having a sensor detecting movement thereof and an event processing method. The mobile terminal includes: an orientation detector for monitoring, in response to detection of an event, movement of the mobile terminal for a preset time duration to identify an orientation of the mobile terminal; and a controller for processing the event in an operating mode corresponding to the identified orientation. As a result, the user can readily switch operating modes of the mobile terminal by changing orientations thereof.

Claims

1. A portable communication device comprising:

a display visually exposed through at least part of a specified surface of the portable communication device;

a sensor; and

a processor configured to;

present a notification signal with respect to an incoming event;

detect, via the sensor, a motion of the portable communication device while the notification signal is presented;

determine that the specified surface faces downward based at least in part on the detected motion; and

adjust the notification signal based at least in part on the determining.

2. The portable communication device of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to:

identify, using the sensor, an orientation of the portable communication device as at least part of the detecting.

3. The portable communication device of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to:

display, via the display, a user interface corresponding to the incoming event as at least part of the presenting.

4. The portable communication device of claim 3, wherein the processor is configured to:

perform the displaying based at least in part on a determination that the specified surface does not face downward when the incoming event is detected.

5. The portable communication device of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to:

refrain from adjusting of the notification signal based at least in part on a determination that the specified surface does not face downward.

6. The portable communication device of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to:

refrain from adjusting of the notification signal based at least in part on a determination that no motion is detected while the notification signal is presented.

7. The portable communication device of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to:

enable or disable a function corresponding to the adjusting of the notification signal in response to a user input.

8. The portable communication device of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to:

determine that the specified surface faces sideward based at least in part on the motion; and

decrease a degree of the notification signal as at least part of the adjusting.

9. The portable communication device of claim 1, further comprising:

a speaker,

wherein the processor is configured to;

output, via the speaker, an audio signal corresponding to the incoming event as at least part of the presenting; and

mute the audio signal as at least part of the adjusting.

10. The portable communication device of claim 1, further comprising:

a vibrator,

wherein the processor is configured to;

output, via the vibrator, a vibration corresponding to the incoming event as at least part of the presenting; and

stop the vibration as at least part of the adjusting.

11. The portable communication device of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to:

identify that the specified surface faces downward during a specified period of time after the motion is detected, as at least part of the determining.

12. The portable communication device of claim 1, wherein the sensor comprises at least one of an acceleration sensor, a geomagnetic sensor, a gyro sensor, an orientation sensor, or any combination thereof.

13. The portable communication device of claim 1, further comprising an optical sensor, and wherein the processor is configured to:

identify, using the optical sensor, an intensity of light with respect to the portable communication device in response to the incoming event; and

perform the adjusting based at least in part on the intensity.

14. The portable communication device of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to:

present an audio signal, a vibration, or light, as at least part of the notification signal.

15. The portable communication device of claim 1, wherein the incoming event is comprised, at least in part, by at least one of a call event, a message event, or an alarm event.

16. A portable communication device comprising:

a speaker;

a sensor to obtain an orientation of the portable communication device; and

a processor configured to;

output, via the speaker, an audio signal in response to an incoming event;

determine that the orientation is changed from a first orientation to a second orientation, while the audio signal is output; and

adjust a volume of the audio signal based at least in part on the determining,

wherein a front surface of the portable communication device faces downward in the second orientation.

17. The portable communication device of claim 16, wherein the processor is configured to:

refrain from adjusting the volume based at least in part on a determination that the orientation is not changed while the audio signal is output.

18. The portable communication device of claim 16, wherein the processor is configured to:

mute the audio signal as at least part of the adjusting.

19. A portable communication device comprising:

a display visually exposed through at least part of a specified surface of the portable communication device;

a sensor to obtain an orientation of the portable communication device; and

a processor configured to;

present a notification signal with respect to an incoming event;

determine that the orientation is changed from a first orientation to a second orientation, while the notification signal is presented; and

adjust the notification signal based at least in part on the determining,

wherein the specified surface faces upward in the first orientation.

20. The portable communication device of claim 19, further comprising:

a speaker,

wherein the processor is configured to;

output, via the speaker, an audio signal corresponding to the incoming event as at least part of the notification signal; and

as at least part of adjusting, mute the audio signal if the specified surface of the portable communication device faces downward after the orientation is changed or decrease the volume of the audio signal if the specified surface of the portable communication device faces sideward after the orientation is changed.