Mobile device display management
First Claim
Patent Images
1. A method comprising:
- detecting, during a phone call on a mobile device, an object proximate the mobile device using a proximity sensor of the mobile device;
determining, during the phone call, the mobile device is in an approximately vertical orientation using an accelerometer of the mobile device;
automatically turning off a display of the mobile device during the phone call in response to detecting the object proximate the mobile device and detecting the mobile device is in the approximately vertical orientation;
determining, during the phone call, the mobile device is in an approximately horizontal orientation using the accelerometer; and
automatically turning on the display,wherein automatically turning on the display occurs only after the display was turned off responsive to the object being proximate the mobile device and the orientation of the mobile device previously comprising the approximately vertical orientation.
2 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
The display of a mobile device is managed during a voice communication session using a proximity sensor and an accelerometer. In one example, the display of a mobile device is turned off during a phone call on the mobile device when a proximity sensor detects an object is proximate the device and an accelerometer determines the device is in a first orientation.
-
Citations
17 Claims
-
1. A method comprising:
-
detecting, during a phone call on a mobile device, an object proximate the mobile device using a proximity sensor of the mobile device; determining, during the phone call, the mobile device is in an approximately vertical orientation using an accelerometer of the mobile device; automatically turning off a display of the mobile device during the phone call in response to detecting the object proximate the mobile device and detecting the mobile device is in the approximately vertical orientation; determining, during the phone call, the mobile device is in an approximately horizontal orientation using the accelerometer; and automatically turning on the display, wherein automatically turning on the display occurs only after the display was turned off responsive to the object being proximate the mobile device and the orientation of the mobile device previously comprising the approximately vertical orientation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
-
-
16. A mobile device comprising:
-
a display; a proximity sensor configured to detect an object proximate to the mobile device; an accelerometer configured to determine an orientation of the mobile device; means for automatically turning off the display of the mobile device during a phone call on the mobile device in response to the proximity sensor detecting the object is proximate the mobile device and the accelerometer determining the mobile device is in an approximately vertical orientation; and means for automatically turning on the display of the mobile device during the phone call in response to determining the mobile device is in an approximately horizontal orientation using the accelerometer, wherein the means for automatically turning on the display is configured to turn on the display only after the display is turned off by the means for automatically turning off the display responsive to the object being proximate the mobile device and the orientation of the mobile device previously comprising the approximately vertical orientation.
-
-
17. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions for causing a programmable processor to:
-
automatically turn off a display of a mobile device during a phone call on the mobile device in response to a proximity sensor of the mobile device detecting an object proximate to the mobile device and an accelerometer of the mobile device determining the mobile device is in an approximately vertical orientation; and automatically turn on the display of the mobile device during the phone call in response to determining the mobile device is in an approximately horizontal orientation using the accelerometer, wherein automatically turning on the display occurs only after the display was turned off responsive to the object being proximate the mobile device and the orientation of the mobile device previously comprising the approximately vertical orientation.
-
Specification