Mobile communication terminal and application program

• US 20060262012A1
• Filed: 10/14/2004
• Published: 11/23/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Vodafone Group PLC
• Original Assignee: Vodafone Group PLC
• Inventors: Ikeda, Hideyuki, Kusuda, Hirohisa, Nishikata, Naomi, Mizuno, Takahisa
• Granted Patent: US 9,201,469 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 342/357.290
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1616 with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position
• 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: H04M 1/72406 by software upgrading or downloading
• 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

The present invention provides a mobile communication terminal and an application programs capable of utilizing detection result data obtained by detection means for detecting position, direction, attitude and/or movement in a platform-independent application program that can be registered and used by users. When downloading an application program to a mobile communication terminal and executing it, first, the application execution environment is activated and the application program is executed under the environment. The started application program sends an acquisition request for acceleration data to the phone platform. When the phone platform accepts the acquisition request, it passes acceleration data detected by an acceleration sensor to the application program. Accordingly, the application program can perform a process utilizing the acceleration data.

Claims

1. A mobile communication terminal comprising first memory means and second memory means for memorizing data, and application program execution means for executing an application program using data memorized in said second memory means, said mobile communication terminal being characterized by comprising:

detection means for detecting at least one of position, direction, attitude and movement;

memory process means for performing memory process to memorize detection result data acquired based on detection results by said detection means in said first memory means; and

data transfer means for transferring the detection result data memorized in said first memory means to said second memory means, according to a data transfer instruction from said application program execution means;

wherein

said application program execution means executes said application program using the detection result data memorized in said second memory means.

2. A mobile communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein said application program execution means has an instruction set for generating said data transfer instruction according to description in said application program.

3. An application program, characterized in that a computer in said mobile communication terminal according to claim 2 works so that the application program execution means generates said data transfer instruction using said instruction set, by being executed by said application program execution means.

9. A mobile communication terminal according to claim 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8, wherein said detection means includes angle detection means for detecting an angle against the standard angle around a virtual axis leading to a specified direction.

10. A mobile communication terminal according to claim 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9, wherein said detection means includes acceleration detection means for detecting acceleration toward a specified direction working on said mobile communication terminal.

4. A mobile communication terminal comprising memory means for memorizing data and application program execution means for executing an application program using data memorized in said memory means, said mobile communication terminal being characterized by comprising:

a 3-axis magnetic sensor and a 2-axis acceleration sensor used as detection means for detecting at least one of position, direction, attitude and movement in accordance with an detection instruction generated by said application program execution means according to description of said application program; and

memory process means for memorizing detection result data acquired based on detection results by said detection means in said memory means;

wherein said application program execution means executes said application program using the detection result data memorized in said memory means.

5. A mobile communication terminal comprising application program execution means for executing an application program using data memorized in memory means, said mobile communication terminal being characterized by comprising:

detection means for detecting at least one of position, direction, attitude and movement of said mobile communication terminal; and

data process means for performing data process of assigning the detection data of said detection means to predetermined arithmetic expression for calculation and storing the calculation result data in said memory means;

wherein

said application program execution means executes the application program using the calculation result data memorized in said memory means.

8. A mobile communication terminal according to claim 5, 6 or 7, further comprising:

radio communication means for communicating outside by wireless communication utilizing radio waves; and

radio wave strength confirmation means for confirming strength of the radio waves utilized by said radio communication means at specified time intervals;

wherein

said data process means is used as at least one part of said radio wave strength confirmation means and performs said data process when confirming radio wave strength.

6. A mobile communication terminal comprising application program execution means for executing an application program using data memorized in memory means, said mobile communication terminal being characterized by comprising:

detection means for detecting at least one of position, direction, attitude and movement of said mobile communication terminal; and

data process means for performing data processes of linking mutually between detection data of said detection means or data calculated from this detection data and other data acquired by means other than said detection means, and storing the linked data in said memory means;

wherein

said application program execution means executes the application program using said linked data memorized in said memory means.

7. A mobile communication terminal comprising application program execution means for executing an application program using data memorized in memory means, said mobile communication terminal being characterized by comprising:

detection means for detecting at least one of position, direction, attitude and movement of said mobile communication terminal; and

data process means for performing a data process of specifying at least two of detection data of said detection means or data calculated from the detection data, which meet predetermined conditions, and storing the specified data in said memory means;

wherein

said application program execution means executes an application program using said specified data memorized in said memory means.