Motion sensing method and user equipment thereof

• US 9,733,083 B2
• Filed: 02/12/2015
• Issued: 08/15/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/18/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Dae-Kwang
• Primary Examiner(s): Guadalupe-McCall, Yaritza
• Application Number:
  US14/620,829
• Publication Number:
  US 20150233714A1
• Time in Patent Office: 915 Days
• Field of Search: 33356
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 17/30 Earth-inductor compasses
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 17/38 Testing, calibrating, or compensating of compasses
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/1654 with electromagnetic compass

Abstract

A method configured to operate an electronic device is provided. The method includes first sensing information of a geomagnetic sensor and second sensing information of at least one motion sensor. Designated attributes of the first sensing information and the second sensing information are compared. When the geomagnetic sensor is determined as a specific state depending on the comparison result, performance of a designated internal device is controlled.

Claims

1. A method for operating an electronic device, the method comprising:

obtaining first sensing information of a geomagnetic sensor and second sensing information of at least one motion sensor;

comparing designated attributes of the first sensing information with the second sensing information; and

when determining an operation state of the geomagnetic sensor as a specific state depending on the comparison result, controlling performance of a designated internal device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the specific state is a state where a result of the comparison deviates from a range of a normal state designated by the electronic device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the designated attribute of the first sensing information comprises at least one of angular velocity information of the electronic device determined via the geomagnetic sensor, and movement information of the electronic device.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the movement information comprises at least one of velocity information with respect to velocity in a designated direction and acceleration information with respect to acceleration in a designated direction.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the designated attribute of the second sensing information comprises at least one of movement information obtained by an acceleration sensor, and angular velocity information obtained via a gyro sensor.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the comparing comprises determining whether angular velocity information of the first sensing information is included in a designated range of angular velocity information of the second sensing information.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the comparing of the first sensing information and the second sensing information comprises determining whether movement information of the first sensing information is within a designated range of the second sensing information.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the controlling of the performance comprises controlling at least one of a current supplied to the designated internal device, or an amount of data processing for the designated internal device processed by a processor.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising, when the determining of the operation state of the geomagnetic sensor as an abnormal state, repeatedly performing operations of:

obtaining a third sensing information;

obtaining a fourth sensing information;

comparing the third sensing information with the fourth sensing information; and

when the comparing of the third sensing information with the fourth sensing information determines an operation state of the geomagnetic sensor as a normal state, maintaining the control of the designated internal device.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

when determining an operation state of the geomagnetic sensor as the specific state, displaying a menu configured to select whether to control performance of the designated internal device.

11. An electronic device comprising:

a geomagnetic sensor configured to obtain first sensing information;

a motion sensor configured to obtain second sensing information; and

a processor configured to;

obtain the first sensing information and the second sensing information from the at least one motion sensor,

compare designated attributes of the first sensing information with the second sensing information, and

when determining an operation state of the geomagnetic sensor as a specific state depending on the comparison result, control performance of a designated internal device.

12. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to determine a state where a result of the comparison deviates from a range of a normal state designated by the electronic device as the specific state.

13. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to determine at least one of angular velocity information of the electronic device determined via the geomagnetic sensor and movement information of the electronic device as the designated attribute of the first sensing information.

14. The electronic device of claim 13, wherein the processor is further configured to determine at least one of velocity information with respect to velocity in a designated direction and acceleration information with respect to acceleration in a designated direction as the movement information.

15. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to determine at least one of movement information via an acceleration sensor and angular velocity information obtained via a gyro sensor as the designated attribute of the second sensing information.

16. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to determine whether angular velocity information of the first sensing information is included within a range of angular velocity information of the second sensing information.

17. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to determine whether movement information of the first sensing information is within a designated range of movement information of the second sensing information.

18. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to control at least one of a current supplied to the designated internal device or an amount of data processing for the designated internal device processed by the processor to control the performance of the designated internal device.

19. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein, when the processor determines of the operation state of the geomagnetic sensor as an abnormal state, the processor is further configured to:

obtain a third sensing information,

obtain a fourth sensing information, and

compare the third sensing information with the fourth sensing information, and

wherein, when the processor compares of the third sensing information with the fourth sensing information and determines an operation state of the geomagnetic sensor as a normal state, the processor is further configured to maintain the control of the designated internal device.

20. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein, when the processor determines an operation state of the geomagnetic sensor as the specific state, the processor is further configured to display a menu configured to select whether to control the performance of the designated internal device.