Context awareness based on angles and orientation

• US 9,823,709 B2
• Filed: 06/08/2016
• Issued: 11/21/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Mobile Communications Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Tokutake, Kenji
• Primary Examiner(s): Gebreyesus, Yosef
• Application Number:
  US15/176,960
• Publication Number:
  US 20160282910A1
• Time in Patent Office: 531 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1649 the additional display being independently orientable, e.g. for presenting information to a second user
• 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 2200/1614 Image rotation following screen orientation, e.g. switching from landscape to portrait mode
• 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 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/0492 Change of orientation of the displayed image, e.g. upside-down, mirrored
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons
• 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 device includes a display panel configured to display one or more interfaces. The device includes one or more motion sensors. The device includes circuitry configured to determine, based on an input from the one or more motion sensors, a tilt angle of the device. The circuitry is configured to select, based on the determined tilt angle, an interface, of the one or more interfaces, and to control the display panel to display the selected interface.

Claims

1. A device comprising:

a display; and

circuitry configured to

receive a signal indicative of a tilt angle based on an output from one or more motion sensors;

select, based on the signal indicative of the tilt angle, an interface from a plurality of interfaces configured to be displayed by the display, the plurality of interfaces being associated with different applications selectable by a user for execution; and

control the display to display the selected interface.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the circuitry is configured to:

determine an arrangement of images based on the signal indicative of the tilt angle; and

control the display to display the arrangement of images.

3. The device of claim 2, wherein

the arrangement of images corresponds to the selected interface, and

the circuitry is configured to control the display to display the arrangement of images within the selected interface based on the signal indicative of the tilt angle.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein

the circuitry is configured to select the interface, from the plurality of interfaces, based on a previously determined correspondence between the selected interface and a tilt angle.

5. The device of claim 4, wherein

the correspondence is generated by receiving data corresponding to the tilt angle when an application corresponding to the interface is executed, and associating the interface with the acquired data corresponding to the tilt angle.

6. The device of claim 1, further comprising:

one or more position sensors configured to determine a current location of the device, wherein

the circuitry is configured to select the interface based on the signal indicative of the tilt angle and the current location of the device.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein

the circuitry is configured to determine an operating context based on the signal indicative of the tilt angle.

8. The device of claim 7, wherein

the operating context corresponds to a behavior exhibited by the user at a time of receiving the signal indicative of the tilt angle.

9. The device of claim 1, further comprising:

an audio input terminal configured to receive an audio jack, wherein

the circuitry is configured to determine when the audio jack is received by the audio input terminal.

10. A method of controlling a display configured to display a plurality of interfaces, the method comprising:

receiving a signal indicative of a tilt angle based on an input from one or more motion sensors;

selecting, based on the signal indicative of the tilt angle, an interface, of the plurality of interfaces, the plurality of interfaces being associated with different applications selectable by a user for execution; and

controlling the display to display the selected interface.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

determining an arrangement of images based on the signal indicative of the tilt angle; and

controlling the display to display the arrangement of images.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein

the arrangement of images corresponds to the selected interface, and

the display is controlled to display the arrangement of images within the selected interface based on the signal indicative of the tilt angle.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein

the interface, of the plurality of interfaces, is selected based on a previously determined correspondence between the selected interface and a tilt angle.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein

the correspondence is generated by receiving data corresponding to the tilt angle when an application corresponding to the interface is executed, and associating the interface with the acquired data corresponding to the tilt angle.

15. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

determining, based on an input from one or more position sensors, a current location of a device, wherein

the interface is selected based on the signal indicative of the tilt angle and the current location of the device.

16. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

determining an operating context of the device based on the signal indicative of the tilt angle.

17. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

determining when an audio jack is received by an audio input terminal included on a device.

18. A system comprising:

one or more motion sensors configured to detect a tilt angle;

a display; and

circuitry configured to

receive a signal indicative of the tilt angle based on an output from the one or more motion sensors;

select, based on the signal indicative of the tilt angle, an interface from a plurality of interfaces configured to be displayed by the display, the plurality of interfaces being associated with different applications selectable by a user for execution; and

control the display to display the selected interface.

19. The system of claim 18, further comprising:

a touch panel interface configured to receive a touch input by the user, wherein

the circuitry is configured to control a selection corresponding to displayed selected interface based on a touch input received at the touch panel.

20. The system of claim 18, wherein the circuitry is configured to:

determine an arrangement of images based on the signal indicative of the tilt angle; and

control the display to display the arrangement of images.