Mobile electronic device adaptively responsive to motion and user based controls

• US 8,554,286 B2
• Filed: 02/23/2013
• Issued: 10/08/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/04/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: HJ Laboratories, LLC
• Inventors: Vartanian, Harry
• Primary Examiner(s): Dao, Minh D
• Application Number:
  US13/775,135
• Publication Number:
  US 20130229381A1
• Time in Patent Office: 227 Days
• Field of Search: 455/575.1, 455/566, 455/90.3, 455/128, 455/145, 455/575.8, 455/158.4, 379/330, 379/428.01, 379/142.17, 345/173, 345/87, 345/156, 345/93.23
• US Class Current: 455/575.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1641 the display being formed by a plurality of foldable display components G06F1/1647 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1647 including at least an additional display G06F1/1692 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1652 the display being flexible, e.g. mimicking a sheet of paper, or rollable
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1677 for detecting open or closed state or particular intermediate positions assumed by movable parts of the enclosure, e.g. detection of display lid position with respect to main body in a laptop, detection of opening of the cover of battery compartment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3206 Monitoring of events, devices or parameters that trigger a change in power modality
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03 Arrangements for converting the position or the displacement of a member into a coded form
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0412 Digitisers structurally integrated in a display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0261 based on user location
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/02 Networking aspects
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/16 Use of wireless transmission of display information
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/005 Adapting incoming signals to the display format of the display terminal
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/14 Display of multiple viewports
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/373 for modifying the size of the graphic pattern
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0268 including a flexible display panel
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 : Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 : Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 : Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals

Abstract

A mobile electronic device that is adaptively responsive to motion and user based controls is disclosed. Displayed information on a multi-touch display is responsive to detected motion of the mobile electronic device and motion of the user.

Claims

1. A mobile electronic device comprising:

a display device, responsive to multi-touch inputs, configured to display an image in a mobile application and wherein the display device is responsive to detected rotation of the mobile electronic device; and

wherein the mobile electronic device is configured to position or place the image, displayed on the display device, based on both a motion sensor and a face recognition component configured to detect a physical position of a user and detect a view of the user in relation to the mobile electronic device.

2. The mobile electronic device of claim 1 further comprising:

the image is subsequently positioned or placed, by the mobile electronic device, based on the motion sensor and multi-touch sensors configured to detect the view of the user in relation to the mobile electronic device.

3. The mobile electronic device of claim 1 wherein the view of the user is a viewing angle of the user, in relation to the mobile electronic device, comprising a view of the image.

4. The mobile electronic device of claim 1 wherein the face recognition component is a face recognition sensor.

5. The mobile electronic device of claim 1 wherein the display device is a flexible display device.

6. The mobile electronic device of claim 1 wherein the image is provided in a multimedia messaging service (MMS) message in relation to part of hypertext markup language (HTML) content the mobile electronic device is configured to receive;

and

wherein the part of HTML content is segmented.

7. A mobile electronic device comprising:

a display device, responsive to multi-touch inputs, and wherein the display device is responsive to detected rotation of the mobile electronic device; and

wherein the mobile electronic device is configured to position or place an image, displayed on the display device, based on a face recognition component configured to detect a view of a user and a physical position of the user in relation to the mobile electronic device and based on a motion sensor component.

8. The mobile electronic device of claim 7 further comprising:

the image is subsequently positioned or placed, by the mobile electronic device, based on the motion sensor component and multi-touch sensors configured to detect the view of the user in relation to the mobile electronic device.

9. The mobile electronic device of claim 7 wherein the view of the user is a viewing angle of the user, in relation to the mobile electronic device, comprising a view of the image.

10. The mobile electronic device of claim 7 wherein the face recognition component is a face recognition sensor.

11. The mobile electronic device of claim 7 wherein the display device is a flexible display device.

12. The mobile electronic device of claim 7 wherein the image is provided in a multimedia messaging service (MMS) message in relation to part of hypertext markup language (HTML) content the mobile electronic device is configured to receive;

and

wherein the part of HTML content is segmented.

13. The mobile electronic device of claim 7 wherein the motion sensor component is a motion sensor.

14. A method performed by a mobile electronic device, the method comprising:

displaying, by the mobile electronic device on a display device responsive to multi-touch inputs, an image in a mobile application and wherein the display device is responsive to detected rotation of the mobile electronic device; and

positioning or placing the image, displayed on the display device, based on both a motion sensor and a face recognition component detecting a physical position of a user and detecting a view of the user in relation to the mobile electronic device.

15. The method of claim 14 further comprising:

positioning or placing, subsequently by the mobile electronic device, the image based on the motion sensor and multi-touch sensors configured to detect the view of the user in relation to the mobile electronic device.

16. The method of claim 14 wherein the face recognition component is a face recognition sensor.

17. The method of claim 14 wherein the display device is a flexible display device.

18. A method performed by a mobile electronic device, the method comprising:

displaying, by the mobile electronic device on a display device responsive to multi-touch inputs, information and wherein the display device is responsive to detected rotation of the mobile electronic device; and

positioning or placing an image, displayed on the display device, based on a face recognition component detecting a view of a user and a physical position of the user in relation to the mobile electronic device and based on a motion sensor component.

19. The method of claim 18 further comprising:

positioning or placing, subsequently by the mobile electronic device, the image based on the motion sensor component and multi-touch sensors configured to detect the view of the user in relation to the mobile electronic device.

20. The method of claim 18 wherein the face recognition component is a face recognition sensor.

21. The method of claim 18 wherein the display device is a flexible display device.

22. The method of claim 18 wherein the motion sensor component is a motion sensor.