Mobile computing devices, architecture and user interfaces based on dynamic direction information
First Claim
1. A portable electronic device, comprising:
- a positional component for receiving positional information as a function of a location of the portable electronic device;
a directional component that outputs direction information as a function of an orientation of the portable electronic device;
a location based engine that processes the positional information and the direction information to dynamically determine a subset of points of interest that are within the portable electronic device'"'"'s line of sight along a vector path determined by at least the positional information and the direction information, the line of sight along the vector path comprising an arc and distance that define a line of sight area, such that points of interest determined to be in the line of sight area are included in the subset of points of interest; and
an interface configured to display the determined subset of points of interest.
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Abstract
Mobile endpoints are provided that enable direction based pointing services including a positional component for receiving positional information as a function of a location of the portable electronic device, a directional component that outputs direction information as a function of an orientation of the portable electronic device and a location based engine that processes the positional information and the direction information to determine a subset of points of interest relative to the portable electronic device as a function of at least the positional information and the direction information. Devices can include compass(es), e.g., magnetic or gyroscopic, to determine a direction and GPS systems for determining location. A component for determining acceleration can also optionally be included.
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22 Claims
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1. A portable electronic device, comprising:
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a positional component for receiving positional information as a function of a location of the portable electronic device; a directional component that outputs direction information as a function of an orientation of the portable electronic device; a location based engine that processes the positional information and the direction information to dynamically determine a subset of points of interest that are within the portable electronic device'"'"'s line of sight along a vector path determined by at least the positional information and the direction information, the line of sight along the vector path comprising an arc and distance that define a line of sight area, such that points of interest determined to be in the line of sight area are included in the subset of points of interest; and an interface configured to display the determined subset of points of interest. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A portable electronic device, comprising:
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a processor for processing positional information measured by the device as a function of a location of the portable electronic device and direction information as a function of a direction measured for the portable electronic device to form vector information, wherein the processing dynamically determines a subset of points of interest that are within the portable electronic device'"'"'s line of sight along a vector path determined by the positional information and the direction information, the line of sight along the vector path comprising an arc and distance that define a line of sight area, such that points of interest determined to be in the line of sight area are included in the subset of points of interest; and an interface for displaying the determined points of interest based on the vector information and determined along the direction from location of the device. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for interacting with a portable electronic device, comprising:
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receiving directional inputs at the portable electronic device pointing the device in a direction defining a pointing line generally towards a superset of points of interest; determining, based on one or more portions of positional and direction information, a set of candidate points of interest that are within the portable electronic device'"'"'s line of sight along a vector path that substantially intersects with the pointing line, the line of sight along the vector path comprising an arc and distance that define a line of sight area, such that points of interest determined to be in the line of sight area are included in the subset of points of interest; selecting one of the candidate points of interest; and displaying on the portable electronic device static and dynamically updateable information associated with the selected point of interest. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
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