Electronic device input control system and method
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1. An electronic device, comprising:
- a housing configured such that the electronic device is a handheld electronic device configured to be manually lifted, manually held and manually moved in three-dimensional space;
a display screen on an exterior of the housing;
an engage/disengage interface configured to selectively actuate and deactuate a motion-based input mode when the electronic device is powered on;
an input translation module operatively associated with the engage/disengage interface, the input translation module configured to translate relative motion of the electronic device into motion-based input indicative of the relative motion that is input to an application executing on the electronic device when the engage/disengage interface is actuated, and the input translation module configured to ignore the relative motion of the electronic device when the engage/disengage interface is deactuated, the application causing image content to be displayed on a display screen of the electronic device;
wherein the electronic device is configured to cause the display screen to display a graphical indication of the motion-based input, wherein upon initial actuation of the motion-based input mode, a point of reference is established, wherein the graphical indication of motion-based input has (1) a first characteristic, an orientation, indicating a first directional component of the motion-based input corresponding to a direction of movement of the electronic device during the motion-based input mode with respect to the point of reference and (2) a second characteristic indicating a second component of the motion-based input different than the first directional component, the second component of motion-based input corresponding to a magnitude of movement of the electronic device during a period of time extending from the initial actuation of the motion-based input mode to deactuation of the motion-based input mode.
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Abstract
An electronic device comprises an input translation module configured to translate relative motion of the electronic device into input to an application executing on the electronic device, the application causing image content to be displayed on a display screen of the electronic device, and an input control interface configured to indicate at least one component of the relative motion relative to a reference point.
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1. An electronic device, comprising:
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a housing configured such that the electronic device is a handheld electronic device configured to be manually lifted, manually held and manually moved in three-dimensional space; a display screen on an exterior of the housing; an engage/disengage interface configured to selectively actuate and deactuate a motion-based input mode when the electronic device is powered on; an input translation module operatively associated with the engage/disengage interface, the input translation module configured to translate relative motion of the electronic device into motion-based input indicative of the relative motion that is input to an application executing on the electronic device when the engage/disengage interface is actuated, and the input translation module configured to ignore the relative motion of the electronic device when the engage/disengage interface is deactuated, the application causing image content to be displayed on a display screen of the electronic device; wherein the electronic device is configured to cause the display screen to display a graphical indication of the motion-based input, wherein upon initial actuation of the motion-based input mode, a point of reference is established, wherein the graphical indication of motion-based input has (1) a first characteristic, an orientation, indicating a first directional component of the motion-based input corresponding to a direction of movement of the electronic device during the motion-based input mode with respect to the point of reference and (2) a second characteristic indicating a second component of the motion-based input different than the first directional component, the second component of motion-based input corresponding to a magnitude of movement of the electronic device during a period of time extending from the initial actuation of the motion-based input mode to deactuation of the motion-based input mode. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An input control method comprising:
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detecting relative motion of a handheld electronic device only after a user actuates an engage/disengage interface when the handheld electronic device is powered on; translating the relative motion of the electronic device into input to an application executing on the handheld electronic device, the application causing image content to be displayed on a display screen of the handheld electronic device; and displaying, on a display screen of the electronic device, a graphical indication of the input, wherein upon initial actuation of the engage/disengage interface, a point of reference is established, wherein the graphical indication of the input has (1) a first characteristic, an orientation, indicating a first directional component of the input corresponding to a direction of movement of the electronic device during actuation of the engage/disengage with respect to the point of reference and (2) a second characteristic indicating a second component of the input different than the first directional component, the second component of the input corresponding to a magnitude of movement of the electronic device during a period of time extending from the initial actuation of the engage that disengage interface to deactuation of the engage/disengage interface.
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20. An electronic device comprising:
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an exterior housing configured such that the electronic device is configured to be manually lifted, held and moved in three-dimensional space; a display screen on an exterior of the housing; a camera configured to capture a plurality of image frames; a processor configured (1) to determine relative motion of the electronic device from the plurality of image frames and to translate the relative motion of the electronic device in the three-dimensional space into motion-based input to an application operating on the electronic device (2) to display a graphical indication of the motion based input; and an engage/disengage interface configured to be held in an actuated state or released, wherein the graphical indication has (1) a first characteristic, an orientation, indicating a first directional component of the input corresponding to a direction of movement of the electronic device during holding of the engage/disengage and (2) a second characteristic indicating a second component of the input different than the first directional component, the second component of the input corresponding to a distance of movement of the electronic device during a period of time during which the engage that disengage interface is held until being released.
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