OPERATING APPARATUS FOR HAND-HELD ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF

• US 20100060574A1
• Filed: 11/18/2008
• Published: 03/11/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/11/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: First International Computer Incorporated (FIC Global Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: First International Computer Incorporated (FIC Global Incorporated)
• Inventors: Lee, Kuo-Ping, Lin, Hsiao-Kuang
• Application Number:
  US12/272,802
• Publication Number:
  US 20100060574A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/158
• 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
• 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: H04M 1/72442 for playing music files
• 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

An operating apparatus for a hand-held electronic apparatus includes a motion sensor, an analog to digital converting module and a processing unit. The motion sensor is utilized for sensing a motion track of the hand-held electronic apparatus to generate an analog sensing signal. The analog to digital converting module is coupled to the motion sensor, and is utilized for converting the analog sensing signal into a digital sensing signal. The processing unit is coupled to the analog to digital converting module, and is utilized for executing a multimedia motion control software to determine whether the motion track of the hand-held electronic apparatus corresponds to a predetermined track according to the digital sensing signal. Furthermore, the processing unit executes at least one predetermined function corresponding to the predetermined track from a plurality of predetermined functions when determining that the motion track corresponds to the predetermined track.

Claims

1. An apparatus for operating a hand-held electronic device, comprising:

a motion sensor, for sensing a motion track of the hand-held electronic device to generate an analog sensing signal;

an analog to digital converting module, coupled to the motion sensor, for converting the analog sensing signal into a digital sensing signal; and

a processing unit, coupled to the analog to digital converting module, for executing a multimedia motion control (MMC) software to determine whether the motion track of the hand-held electronic device corresponds to a predetermined track according to the digital sensing signal, and executing at least one predetermined function corresponding to the predetermined track from a plurality of predetermined functions when determining that the motion track corresponds to the predetermined track.

2. The apparatus for operating the hand-held electronic device of claim 1, wherein the plurality of predetermined functions comprise at least one of a play function, a pause function, a stop function, a mute function, a fast forward function, a slow forward function, a fast reverse function, a slow reverse function, a volume up function, a volume down function, a next function, a back function and a record function.

3. The apparatus for operating the hand-held electronic device of claim 2, wherein the processing unit executes the play function when determining that the motion track of the hand-held electronic device corresponds to a P track according to the digital sensing signal.

4. The apparatus for operating the hand-held electronic device of claim 2, wherein the processing unit executes the pause function when determining that the motion track of the hand-held electronic device corresponds to a U track according to the digital sensing signal.

5. The apparatus for operating the hand-held electronic device of claim 2, wherein the processing unit executes the stop function when determining that the motion track of the hand-held electronic device corresponds to an S track according to the digital sensing signal.

6. The apparatus for operating the hand-held electronic device of claim 2, wherein the processing unit executes the mute function when determining that the motion track of the hand-held electronic device corresponds to a Q track according to the digital sensing signal.

7. The apparatus for operating the hand-held electronic device of claim 2, wherein the processing unit executes the volume up function when determining that the motion track of the hand-held electronic device corresponds to a straight line track towards a first direction according to the digital sensing signal;

and the processing unit executes the volume down function when determining that the motion track of the hand-held electronic device corresponds to a straight line track towards a second direction opposite to the first direction according to the digital sensing signal.

8. The apparatus for operating the hand-held electronic device of claim 2, wherein the processing unit executes the fast forward function when determining that the motion track of the hand-held electronic device corresponds to a straight line reciprocating track whose reciprocation frequency is higher than a predetermined reciprocation frequency according to the digital sensing signal;

and the processing unit executes the slow forward function when determining that the motion track of the hand-held electronic device corresponds to a straight line reciprocating track whose reciprocation frequency is lower than the predetermined reciprocation frequency according to the digital sensing signal.

9. The apparatus for operating the hand-held electronic device of claim 1, further comprising:

an auxiliary motion sensor, for providing an analog reference signal according to a held state of the hand-held electronic device;

wherein the analog to digital converting module converts the analog reference signal into a digital reference signal and outputs the digital reference signal to the processing unit, the processing unit determines whether the held state of the hand-held electronic device is in a first state or in a second state according to the digital reference signal;

the processing unit executes a first predetermined function when determining that the held state of the hand-held electronic device is in the first state and the motion track of the hand-held electronic device corresponds to the predetermined track; and

the processing unit executes a second predetermined function different from the first predetermined function when determining that the held state of the hand-held electronic device is in the second state and the motion track of the hand-held electronic device corresponds to the predetermined track.

10. The apparatus for operating the hand-held electronic device of claim 9, wherein the predetermined track is a straight line reciprocating track whose reciprocation frequency is higher than a predetermined reciprocation frequency, the first predetermined function is a fast forward function, and the second predetermined function is a fast reverse function.

11. The apparatus for operating the hand-held electronic device of claim 9, wherein the predetermined track is a straight line reciprocating track whose reciprocation frequency is lower than a predetermined reciprocation frequency, the first predetermined function is a slow forward function, and the second predetermined function is a slow reverse function.

12. The apparatus for operating the hand-held electronic device of claim 2, wherein the processing unit executes the next function when determining that the motion track of the hand-held electronic device corresponds to an arc track in a first clock direction according to the digital sensing signal;

and the processing unit executes the back function when determining that the motion track of the hand-held electronic device corresponds to an arc track in a second clock direction opposite to the first clock direction according to the digital sensing signal.

13. The apparatus for operating the hand-held electronic device of claim 2, wherein the processing unit executes the record function when determining that the motion track of the hand-held electronic device corresponds to an O track on a first plane according to the digital sensing signal;

the processing unit executes the next function when determining that the motion track of the hand-held electronic device corresponds to an O track on a second plane perpendicular to the first plane in a first clock direction according to the digital sensing signal; and

the processing unit executes the back function when determining that the motion track of the hand-held electronic device corresponds to an O track on the second plane in a second clock direction opposite to the first clock direction according to the digital sensing signal.

14. The apparatus for operating the hand-held electronic device of claim 1, wherein the motion sensor is a capacitive motion sensor.

15. The apparatus for operating the hand-held electronic device of claim 1, further comprising:

a data transmission interface, coupled between the analog to digital converting module and the processing unit, for transmitting the digital sensing signal form the analog to digital converting module to the processing unit.

16. The apparatus for operating the hand-held electronic device of claim 15, wherein the data transmission interface is an Inter-IC or a serial peripheral interface (SPI).

17. A method for operating a hand-held electronic device, comprising:

sensing a motion track of the hand-held electronic device to generate an analog sensing signal;

converting the analog sensing signal into a digital sensing signal; and

executing a multimedia motion control (MMC) software to determine whether the motion track of the hand-held electronic device corresponds to a predetermined track according to the digital sensing signal, and executing at least one predetermined function corresponding to the predetermined track from a plurality of predetermined functions when determining that the motion track corresponds to the predetermined track.

18. The apparatus for operating the hand-held electronic device of claim 17, wherein the plurality of predetermined functions comprise at least one of a play function, a pause function, a stop function, a mute function, a fast forward function, a slow forward function, a fast reverse function, a slow reverse function, a volume up function, a volume down function, a next function, a back function and a record function.

19. The method for operating the hand-held electronic device of claim 18, executing the play function when determining that the motion track of the hand-held electronic device corresponds to a P track according to the digital sensing signal.

20. The method for operating the hand-held electronic device of claim 18, executing the pause function when determining that the motion track of the hand-held electronic device corresponds to a U track according to the digital sensing signal.

21. The method for operating the hand-held electronic device of claim 18, executing the stop function when determining that the motion track of the hand-held electronic device corresponds to an S track according to the digital sensing signal.

22. The method for operating the hand-held electronic device of claim 18, executing the mute function when determining that the motion track of the hand-held electronic device corresponds to a Q track according to the digital sensing signal.

23. The method for operating the hand-held electronic device of claim 18, executing the volume up function when determining that the motion track of the hand-held electronic device corresponds to a straight line track towards a first direction according to the digital sensing signal;

and

executing the volume down function when determining that the motion track of the hand-held electronic device corresponds to a straight line track towards a second direction according to the digital sensing signal.

24. The method for operating the hand-held electronic device of claim 18, executing the fast forward function when determining that the motion track of the hand-held electronic device corresponds to a straight line reciprocating track whose reciprocation frequency is higher than a predetermined reciprocation frequency according to the digital sensing signal;

and

executing the slow forward function when determining that the motion track of the hand-held electronic device corresponds to a straight line reciprocating track whose reciprocation frequency is lower than the predetermined reciprocation frequency according to the digital sensing signal.

25. The method for operating the hand-held electronic device of claim 17, further comprising:

providing an analog reference signal according to a held state of the hand-held electronic device;

converting the analog reference signal into a digital reference signal;

determining whether the held state of the hand-held electronic device is in a first state or in a second state according to the digital reference signal;

executing a first predetermined function when determining that the held state of the hand-held electronic device is in the first state and the motion track of the hand-held electronic device corresponds to the predetermined track; and

executing a second predetermined function different from the first predetermined function when determining that the held state of the hand-held electronic device is in the second state and the motion track of the hand-held electronic device corresponds to the predetermined track.

26. The method for operating the hand-held electronic device of claim 25, wherein the predetermined track is a straight line reciprocating track whose reciprocation frequency is higher than a predetermined reciprocation frequency, the first predetermined function is a fast forward function, and the second predetermined function is a fast reverse function.

27. The method for operating the hand-held electronic device of claim 25, wherein the predetermined track is a straight line reciprocating track whose reciprocation frequency is lower than a predetermined reciprocation frequency, the first predetermined function is a slow forward function, and the second predetermined function is a slow reverse function.

28. The method for operating the hand-held electronic device of claim 18, executing the next function when determining that the motion track of the hand-held electronic device corresponds to an arc track in a first clock direction according to the digital sensing signal;

and

executing the back function when determining that the motion track of the hand-held electronic device corresponds to an arc track in a second clock direction opposite to the first clock direction according to the digital sensing signal.

29. The method for operating the hand-held electronic device of claim 18, executing the record function when determining that the motion track of the hand-held electronic device corresponds to an O track on a first plane according to the digital sensing signal;

executing the next function when determining that the motion track of the hand-held electronic device corresponds to an O track on a second plane perpendicular to the first plane in a first clock direction according to the digital sensing signal; and

executing the back function when determining that the motion track of the hand-held electronic device corresponds to an O track on the second plane in a second clock direction opposite to the first clock direction according to the digital sensing signal.