PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD FOR THE SAME

• US 20080316041A1
• Filed: 10/29/2007
• Published: 12/25/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/22/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: TSAI, SHEN-FU
• Application Number:
  US11/926,678
• Publication Number:
  US 20080316041A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/670
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• 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 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883

Abstract

A portable electronic device includes a movement sensor and a processor. The movement sensor is configured for detecting different types of movements of the portable electronic device and generating a corresponding signal representing each type of movement. The processor is configured for receiving the signal generated by the movement sensor and generating an operating signal for operating the portable electronic device corresponding to each movement type.

Claims

1. A portable electronic device comprising:

a movement sensor configured for detecting types of movements of the portable electronic device and generating a signal representing characteristics of each type of movement; and

a processor configured for receiving the signal generated by the movement sensor and generating an operating signal for operating the portable electronic device to perform a function corresponding to each type of movement.

2. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 1, further including a housing and the movement sensor is secured in the housing.

3. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the movement sensor is selected from a group consisting of an accelerometer, a speedometer, a gyroscope, and a gravity sensor.

4. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the characteristics of the types of movements are selected from a group consisting of acceleration, speed, and direction of motion.

5. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 1, further including an analog digital converter, the analog digital converter being electronically coupled between the movement sensor and the processor and configured for converting the signal generated by the movement sensor to a digital signal.

6. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein there is a one to one relationship between the types of movements and the types of operating signals.

7. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein a plurality of types of movements corresponds to a single type of operating signal.

8. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the portable electronic device has a plurality of working modes and one type of movement activates different operating signals in different working modes of the portable electronic device.

9. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 1, further including a screen and the screen displays words or icons representing the operating signal corresponding to each type of movement of the portable electronic device.

10. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein if a characteristic of a movement is smaller in magnitude than a preset value in the processor, no operating signal according to the movement is generated.

14. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the characteristic of the movement is selected from a group consisting of acceleration, speed, and direction of movement.

11. An operating method for a portable electronic device, comprising the steps of:

detecting movement of the portable electronic device and generating a signal representing characteristics of the movement;

generating an operating signal for operating the portable electronic device corresponding to the movement; and

operating the portable electronic device in response to the operating signal.

12. The method as claimed in claim 11, further including a step of converting the signal representing characteristics of the movement to a digital signal before generating an operating signal for operating the portable electronic device.

13. The method as claimed in claim 11, further including a step of identifying the current working mode of the portable electronic device t before generating the operating signal corresponding to the movement.

15. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the relationship between types of the movements and types of operating signals is each type of the movement corresponding to each type of operating signal.

16. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the relationship between types of the movements and types of operating signals is a plurality of types of the movements corresponding to a type of operating signal.

17. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the method further includes a step of comparing the characteristic of the movement in magnitude with a preset value before generating an operating signal, if the characteristic of the movement is smaller than the preset value, no operating signal is generated.