Portable electronic device for changing menu display state according to rotating degree and method thereof
First Claim
1. A photographing device comprising:
- a geomagnetic sensor, including an X-axis fluxgate and a Y-axis fluxgate, which detects output values of the X and Y-axes corresponding to a geomagnetism;
a display unit which displays a predetermined menu through a display panel; and
a control unit which checks the output values detected by the geomagnetic sensor to determine a pickup position, and controls the display unit to change a display state of a menu in response to the determined pickup position;
wherein the control unit determines that the pickup position is in a left horizontal pickup direction if the output value of the Y-axis is greater than the output value of the X-axis and a first predetermined threshold value.
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Abstract
A video pick device for displaying a menu in a fixed position regardless of its rotation state. The photographing device comprises a geomagnetic sensor for detecting a predetermined output value corresponding to a geomagnetism; a display unit for displaying a predetermined menu through a display panel; and a control unit for checking the output value detected by the geomagnetic sensor to determine a pickup position, and controlling the display unit to have a display state of the menu changed in response to the determined pickup position. Accordingly, the menu display state on the display panel is changed in response to respective pickup positions to be displayed with the same form in a fixed direction with respect to the surface of the earth.
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13 Claims
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1. A photographing device comprising:
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a geomagnetic sensor, including an X-axis fluxgate and a Y-axis fluxgate, which detects output values of the X and Y-axes corresponding to a geomagnetism; a display unit which displays a predetermined menu through a display panel; and a control unit which checks the output values detected by the geomagnetic sensor to determine a pickup position, and controls the display unit to change a display state of a menu in response to the determined pickup position; wherein the control unit determines that the pickup position is in a left horizontal pickup direction if the output value of the Y-axis is greater than the output value of the X-axis and a first predetermined threshold value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A portable electronic device comprising:
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a geomagnetic sensor which includes an X-axis fluxgate and a Y-axis fluxgate, and detects a output values of the X and Y-axes corresponding to a geomagnetism; a control unit which checks the output values detected by the geomagnetic sensor, and determines that there is an inclination corresponding to a predetermined condition if the output value meets the predetermined condition; and a display unit which displays a predetermined menu on a display panel, and changes a display state of the menu in response to the inclination to display the menu with a same form on the display panel in a fixed direction with respect to a surface of the earth; wherein the control unit determines that the pickup position is in a left horizontal pickup direction if the output value of the Y-axis is greater than the output value of the X-axis and a predetermined threshold value. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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11. A method for displaying a menu of a photographing device having a display panel, an X-axis fluxgate, and a Y-axis fluxgate, the method comprising:
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(a) using the X and Y-axes fluxgates to detect output values of the X and Y-axes corresponding to a geomagnetism; (b) checking whether the output values of the X and Y-axes meets a predetermined condition to determine a pickup position of the photographing device; and (c) displaying a predetermined menu on the display panel, and changing a display state of the menu in response to the pickup position to display the menu with a same form on the display panel in a fixed direction with respect to the surface of the earth; wherein (b) comprises; determining that the pickup position is in a left horizontal pickup direction if the output value of the Y-axis is greater than the output value of the X-axis and a predetermined threshold. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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