Portable terminal having motion-recognition capability and motion recognition method therefor

• US 7,735,025 B2
• Filed: 01/05/2006
• Issued: 06/08/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/12/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Bang, Won-Chul, Kim, Dong-Yoon, Choi, Eun-Seok, Lee, Ki-Tae, Cho, Sung-Jung
• Primary Examiner(s): Hjerpe; Richard
• Assistant Examiner(s): Tryder; Gregory J
• Application Number:
  US11/326,015
• Publication Number:
  US 20060255139A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,615 Days
• Field of Search: 345156-184, 715/863
• US Class Current: 715/863
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00

Abstract

A motion-recognition portable terminal and a motion recognition method therefor are provided. In the portable terminal, a motion key starts to create a motion entry, upon activation. A motion detector measures an acceleration along each axis of the portable terminal, upon activation of the motion key. A controller determines whether the motion entry has been completed based on the variation of the each-axis acceleration.

Claims

1. A portable terminal comprising:

a motion key for starting to create a motion entry, upon activation;

a motion detector for measuring an acceleration along each axis of the portable terminal, upon activation of the motion key; and

a controller for determining whether the motion entry has been completed based on a variation of the acceleration along each axis,

wherein the controller determines that the motion entry has been completed if a halt period lasts for a predetermined time after a motion period, the halt period being a time period in which the variation of the acceleration along each axis is less than a predetermined threshold, and the motion period being a time period in which the variation of the acceleration along each axis is greater than the threshold, and

wherein the predetermined threshold is variably set by averaging variations of initial input accelerations created during a pressing the motion key.

2. The portable terminal of claim 1, wherein the threshold is an average of acceleration variations measured for an initial predetermined time period.

3. The portable terminal of claim 1, wherein the threshold is a maximum of the acceleration variations measured for an initial predetermined time period.

4. The portable terminal of claim 1, wherein before the variation of the acceleration along each axis is calculated, signal flattening is performed on the acceleration along each axis by

$A_i^{\prime }$

⁡

( t ) = ∑

j = 0 M ⁢

w j ·

A i ⁡

( t - j )

where A′

_i(t) denotes a sum of weighted accelerations, w_j denotes a weight, M denotes a number of measuring an acceleration for the predetermined time, i denotes X, Y or Z axis, and A_i(t) denotes an each axis acceleration at time t.

5. The portable terminal of claim 1, wherein the variation of the acceleration along each axis is calculated by

D_i(t)=max_p=t−

M<sup>t−

1</sup>|A_i(t)−

A_i(p)|

D(t)=√

{square root over (D_x²(t)+D_y²(t)+D_z²(t))}{square root over (D_x²(t)+D_y²(t)+D_z²(t))}{square root over (D_x²(t)+D_y²(t)+D_z²(t))}

where D(t) denotes the variation of the acceleration along each axis at time t, i denotes X, Y or Z axis, A_i(t) denotes an each-axis acceleration at time t, and M denotes a number of measuring an acceleration for the predetermined time.

6. The portable terminal of claim 1, wherein the motion period is longer than a predetermined motion recognition time period and the halt period is longer than a predetermined halt recognition time period.

7. A method of detecting motion entry completion in a portable terminal, comprising the steps of:

activating a motion key;

creating a motion entry upon activation of the motion key;

measuring an acceleration along each axis of the portable terminal; and

determining whether the motion entry has been completed based on a variation of the acceleration along each axis,

wherein the motion entry is determined to be completed if a halt period lasts for a predetermined time after a motion period, the halt period being a time period in which the variation of the acceleration along each axis is less than a predetermined threshold, and the motion period being a time period in which the variation of the acceleration along each axis is greater than the threshold, and

wherein the predetermined threshold is variably set by averaging variations of initial input accelerations created during a pressing the motion key.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the threshold is an average of acceleration variations measured for an initial predetermined time period.

9. The method claim 7, wherein the threshold is a maximum of the acceleration variations measured for an initial predetermined time period.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the determining step comprises, before the variation of the acceleration along each axis is calculated, performing signal flattening on the acceleration along each axis by

$A_i^{\prime }$

⁡

( t ) = ∑

j = 0 M ⁢

w j ·

A i ⁡

( t - j )

where A′

_i(t) denotes a sum of weighted accelerations, w_j denotes a weight, M denotes a number of measuring an acceleration for the predetermined time, i denotes X, Y or Z axis, and A_i(t) denotes an each axis acceleration at time t.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the determining step comprises calculating the variation of the acceleration along each axis by

D_i(t)=max_p=t−

M<sup>t−

1</sup>|A_i(t)−

A_i(p)|

D(t)=√

{square root over (D_x²(t)+D_y²(t)+D_z²(t))}{square root over (D_x²(t)+D_y²(t)+D_z²(t))}{square root over (D_x²(t)+D_y²(t)+D_z²(t))}

where D(t) denotes the variation of the acceleration along each axis at time t, denotes X, Y or Z axis, A_i(t) denotes an each axis acceleration at time t, and M denotes a number of measuring an acceleration for the predetermined time.

12. The method of claim 7, wherein the motion period is longer than a predetermined motion recognition time period and the halt period is longer than a predetermined halt recognition time period.