Portable electronic device with configurable operating mode
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1. A portable electronic device comprising:
- a housing portion having at least a first surface portion corresponding to a first facet on the housing portion and having a second surface portion corresponding to a second facet on the housing portion, wherein the first facet and the second facet are non-parallel and intersect at a boundary, and wherein the device may be oriented to rest on not more than one of the first surface portion and the second surface portion at a particular time;
a user interface;
a sensor configured to provide an output signal when the device is oriented from resting on the first surface portion to resting on the second surface portion; and
a controller coupled to the user interface and to the sensor, the controller configured to invoke a mode of operation of the device in response to receiving the output signal from the sensor,wherein the mode of operation of the device may be changed by rocking the device from an orientation where the device rests on the first facet to an orientation where the device rests on the second facet; and
wherein the mode of operation is indicated at the user interface.
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Abstract
A portable electronic device including a user interface, a sensor configured to provide an output signal when the device is oriented from resting on a first housing surface portion to resting on a second housing surface portion, and a controller coupled to the user interface and to the sensor, wherein the controller is configured to invoke a mode of operation in response to an output signal from the sensor and wherein the mode of operation is indicated at the user interface.
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16 Claims
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1. A portable electronic device comprising:
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a housing portion having at least a first surface portion corresponding to a first facet on the housing portion and having a second surface portion corresponding to a second facet on the housing portion, wherein the first facet and the second facet are non-parallel and intersect at a boundary, and wherein the device may be oriented to rest on not more than one of the first surface portion and the second surface portion at a particular time; a user interface; a sensor configured to provide an output signal when the device is oriented from resting on the first surface portion to resting on the second surface portion; and a controller coupled to the user interface and to the sensor, the controller configured to invoke a mode of operation of the device in response to receiving the output signal from the sensor, wherein the mode of operation of the device may be changed by rocking the device from an orientation where the device rests on the first facet to an orientation where the device rests on the second facet; and wherein the mode of operation is indicated at the user interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method in a hand manipulatable electronic device, the method comprising:
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orienting the device from resting on a first surface portion corresponding to a first facet on the housing portion of the device to resting on a second surface portion corresponding to a second facet on the housing portion of the device, wherein the first facet and the second facet are non-parallel and intersect at a boundary; providing an output signal with a sensor in response to detecting the change in orientation of the device; invoking a mode of operation of the device in response to the output signal provided by the sensor; changing the mode of operation when the device is rocked from an orientation where the device rests on the first facet to an orientation where the device rests on the second facet; indicating the mode of operation at a user interface of the device. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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