Method for setting a value of options of operational environment in a user device and user device adapted thereto

• US 9,436,478 B2
• Filed: 02/06/2013
• Issued: 09/06/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/08/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Kyungeun, Jeon, Yongjoon, Kim, Minchul, Hong, Sungi
• Primary Examiner(s): Prifti, Aurel
• Application Number:
  US13/760,506
• Publication Number:
  US 20130205131A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,308 Days
• Field of Search: 345/77, 345/207, 345/667, 345/156, 345/691, 345/103, 345/690, 455/566, 713/340, 713/300
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1637 Sensing arrangement for detection of housing movement or orientation, e.g. for controlling scrolling or cursor movement on the display of an handheld computer
• 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 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44 Arrangements for executing specific programs
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10

Abstract

A method and device for a user to intuitively and simply alter the setting of options of an application that is being executed in a user device by detecting interactions via a sensor module during execution of a specific mode, identifying an option corresponding to a detected interaction, altering an option setting value of the identified option according to a detected interaction, and displaying the altered option setting value and storing the option of the specific mode with the altered option setting value.

Claims

1. A method for setting a value of options of an operational environment in a user device comprising:

executing an option setting mode of a running application in response to detecting an interaction via a sensor module while the application is running;

altering an option setting value of an option of the running application in response to detecting another interaction in the option setting mode of running the application, and displaying the altered option setting value; and

storing the option of the running application with the altered option setting value,

wherein the altered option setting value of the application is applied while the application is running,

wherein the option setting value of the application is released after a user'"'"'s operation to block the sensor module is maintained or a user initially blocks the sensor module only once, and

wherein altering the option setting value of the option of the running application comprises;

identifying a sensor that detected the other interaction,

determining whether the other interaction detected via the sensor is an interaction for option setting,

identifying, if the other interaction is an interaction for the option setting, an option mapped to the interaction and the sensor in the running application, and

altering the option setting value of the option of the running application according to the other interaction, and

wherein storing the option of the running application comprises mapping a number of options to the running application and the storing option setting values of the respective options.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein executing the option setting mode of an application comprises:

detecting a first interaction via a first sensor of the sensor module;

executing an option setting mode according to the first interaction;

detecting a second interaction via a second sensor of the sensor module in the option setting mode; and

altering an option setting value of the option according to the second interaction.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein displaying the altered option setting value comprises:

displaying a guide message showing pop-up window when the option setting mode is executed according to the first interaction.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

altering the option according to the second interaction detected via the second sensor and displaying the altered result via the guide message showing pop-up window.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein executing the option setting mode of an application comprises:

detecting a first or second interaction via a specific sensor of the sensor module;

altering, if the first interaction is detected, an option setting value of a first option according to the first interaction; and

altering, if the second interaction is detected, an option setting value of a second option according to the second interaction.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein executing the option setting mode of an application comprises:

detecting a first or third interaction via a first sensor of the sensor module;

determining, if the first interaction is detected, an option setting value of a first option as a value to be altered, and altering the option setting value of the first option according to a second interaction input to a second sensor; and

determining, if the third interaction is detected, an option setting value of a second option as a value to be altered, and altering the option setting value of the second option according to a fourth interaction input to the second sensor.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining, when an application is executed, whether there are option setting values set for the application;

executing, if there are option setting values set for the application, the application with the option setting values; and

executing, if there are not any option setting values set for the application, the application with default option setting values set in the user device.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the altered option setting value comprises:

determining an option setting value of the option according to a state of the user device changed by creating the interaction; and

altering the option according to the determined option setting value, and outputting the altered option.

9. A user device comprising:

a sensor for detecting a change in state of the user device, wherein the sensor comprises one or more sensors;

a storage for storing one or more options according to respective applications of the user device and one or more option setting values according to each of the applications;

a display for displaying a guide message showing pop-up window for showing a message for setting an option in an application; and

a controller for;

executing an option setting mode of a running application in response to detecting an interaction via the sensor module while the application is running,

managing option setting values of one or more options for each of the applications,

altering, the option setting values of an option of the running application, in response to detecting another interaction in the option setting mode of the running application to the interaction, and

operating the option of the application with the altered option setting values,

wherein the altered option setting value of the application is applied while the application is executed,

wherein the option setting value of the application is released after a user'"'"'s operation to block the sensor module is maintained or a user initially blocks the sensor module only once, and

wherein altering the option setting value of the option of the running application comprises;

identifying a sensor that detected the other interaction,

determining whether the other interaction detected via the sensor is an interaction for option setting,

identifying, if the other interaction is the interaction for the option setting, an option mapped to the other interaction and the sensor in the running application, and

altering the option setting value of the option of the running application according to the other interaction, and

wherein storing the one or more options according to respective applications comprises mapping a number of options to the running application and storing option setting values of the respective options.

10. The user device of claim 9, wherein the controller executes an option setting mode if a first interaction is detected via a first sensor of the sensor;

and

alters, if a second interaction is detected via a second sensor of the sensor in the option setting mode, the option setting values according to the second interaction.

11. The user device of claim 9, wherein the controller detects interactions that are different in type from each other via specific sensors of the sensor, and alters a setting value of a first or second option according to the detected type of interaction.

12. The user device of claim 9, wherein the controller:

executes, when detecting a first interaction via a first sensor of the sensor, an option setting mode of a first option, and alters an option setting value of the first option according to a second interaction of a second sensor of the sensor in the option setting mode of the first option; and

executes, when detecting a third interaction via the first sensor of the sensor, an option setting mode of a second option, and alters an option setting value of the second option according to a fourth interaction of the second sensor of the sensor in the option setting mode of the second option.

13. A method for setting a value of options of an operational environment in a user device comprising:

executing an option setting mode of a running application in response to detecting an interaction via a sensor module while the application is running;

altering an option setting value of an option of the running application in response to detecting another interaction in the option setting mode of running the application, and displaying the altered option setting value; and

storing the option of the running application with the altered option setting value,

wherein the altered option setting value of the application is applied while the application is running,

wherein the option setting value of the application is released after a user'"'"'s operation to block the sensor module is maintained or a user initially blocks the sensor module only once, and

wherein altering the option setting value of the option of the running application comprises;

identifying a sensor that detected the other interaction,

determining whether the other interaction detected via the sensor is an interaction for option setting,

identifying, if the other interaction is an interaction for the option setting, an option mapped to the other interaction and the sensor in the running application, and

altering the option setting value of the option of the running application according to the other interaction, and

wherein storing the option of the running application comprises mapping a number of options to the running application and the storing option setting values of the respective options.