METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM OF STABILIZING A MOBILE GESTURE USER-INTERFACE

• US 20100245131A1
• Filed: 03/31/2009
• Published: 09/30/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Graumann, David L.
• Granted Patent: US 8,502,704 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 341/20
• CPC Class Codes: G01P 15/00 Measuring acceleration; Measuring deceleration; Measuring shock, i.e. sudden change of acceleration
• 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 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• 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 embodiments of the invention disclose a method, apparatus, and system for communicating via a user gesture with a mobile device having applications. The gesture acts like a user interface to a menu of applications that can be accessed while the user is in motion including while running, walking, riding, etc. In one embodiment, the method comprises determining a first multi-dimensional information for measuring motion of a first mobile device. The method further comprises receiving, by the first mobile device, a second multi-dimensional information for measuring motion of a second mobile device, the first and the second mobile devices being in motion relative to one another. The first and the second multi-dimensional information is used for filtering gesture motion from an underlying motion of the second mobile device to isolate the gesture motion from the underlying motion. The isolated filtered gesture motion is stabilized. In one embodiment, the method further comprises directing an action of the first mobile device in response to the isolated gesture motion.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

determining a first multi-dimensional information for measuring motion of a first mobile device;

receiving, by the first mobile device, a second multi-dimensional information for measuring motion of a second mobile device, the first and the second mobile devices being in motion relative to one another;

filtering gesture motion from an underlying motion of the second mobile device to isolate the gesture motion from the underlying motion, the filtering based on the first and the second multi-dimensional information; and

directing an action of the first mobile device in response to the isolated gesture motion.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein directing the action of the first mobile device comprises selecting an application of the first mobile device.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

executing the selected application of the first mobile device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the underlying motion includes walking, running, driving, and riding.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the second mobile device includes a plurality of mobile devices being in motion relative to the first mobile device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the first mobile device includes a plurality of mobile devices being in motion relative to the second mobile device.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining presence of common motion between the second and the first mobile devices.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

delaying the first multi-dimensional information by a time delay to match a receiving time of the second multi-dimensional information.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the second and the first multi-dimensional information is generated by an accelerometer.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the second and the first multi-dimensional information is generated by a gyroscope.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the second and the first multi-dimensional information is generated by an accelerometer and a gyroscope.

12. An article of manufacture having a machine-readable storage medium providing computer executable instructions that, when executed on an apparatus, cause the apparatus to perform a method, the method comprising:

determining a first multi-dimensional information for measuring motion of a first mobile device;

receiving a second multi-dimensional information for measuring motion of a second mobile device, the first and the second mobile devices being in motion relative to one another;

filtering gesture motion from an underlying motion of the second mobile device to isolate the gesture motion from the underlying motion, the filtering based on the first and the second multi-dimensional information; and

directing an action in response to the isolated gesture motion.

13. The article of manufacture of claim 12, wherein directing the action comprises selecting an application of the first mobile device.

14. The article of manufacture of claim 13 having the machine-readable storage medium providing computer executable instructions that, when executed on the apparatus, cause the apparatus to perform the method, the method further comprising:

executing the selected application of the first mobile device.

15. The article of manufacture of claim 12 having the machine-readable storage medium providing computer executable instructions that, when executed on the apparatus, cause the apparatus to perform the method, the method further comprising:

determining presence of common motion between the second and the first mobile devices.

16. The article of manufacture of claim 12 having the machine-readable storage medium providing computer executable instructions that, when executed on the apparatus, cause the apparatus to perform the method, the method further comprising:

delaying the first multi-dimensional information by a time delay to match a receiving time of the second multi-dimensional information.

17. An apparatus comprising:

an acceleration measuring unit providing a first multi-dimensional information for measuring motion of the apparatus;

a communication unit to receive a second multi-dimensional information of a second mobile device in motion, the second multi-dimensional information for measuring motion of the second mobile device; and

a processor, coupled with the acceleration measuring unit and the communication unit, to filter gesture motion from an underlying motion of the second mobile device, the filtering based on the first and the second multi-dimensional information.

18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the second mobile device is a body-worn device.

19. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the acceleration measuring unit is a gyroscope.

20. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the acceleration measuring unit is an accelerometer.