Method and Apparatus for a Motion State Aware Device

• US 20100306711A1
• Filed: 05/26/2009
• Published: 12/02/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/26/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: DP Technologies, Inc.
• Original Assignee: DP Technologies, Inc.
• Inventors: Christensen, Mark Andrew, Kinsolving, Arthur, Kahn, Philippe, Vogel, David
• Granted Patent: US 9,529,437 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/863
• 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: H04M 1/6058 involving the use of a headset accessory device connected to the portable telephone
• 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 comprising a motion context logic that receives data from at least one motion sensor is described. The motion context logic determines a user'"'"'s motion context. Context based action logic manages the device based on the user'"'"'s motion context.

Claims

1. A motion aware device comprising:

a motion context logic to determine a motion context of the device;

a context-based action logic to manage the device based on the motion context.

2. The device of claim 1, further comprising:

a gesture command logic to identify a motion command and to determine an appropriate action, the appropriate action defined by the motion context and application context of the headset.

3. The device of claim 1, further comprising:

a sound adjust logic to adjust an input and/or an output sound level based on the motion context of the device.

4. The device of claim 1, further comprising:

a power management system to place portions of the device into a suspended state, when the device is not being actively used, the state of not being actively used determined based on the motion context.

5. The device of claim 4, wherein the portion of the headset placed into the suspended state comprises a processor.

6. The device of claim 4, further comprising, the power management system placing at least one sensor coupled to the headset into a power saving mode.

7. The device of claim 4, wherein when the device is immobile for a period, the suspended state includes having only the motion data monitored to detect removal from inactive status.

8. A motion-state aware device comprising:

a low power processor (LPP) to monitor a motion sensor, the LPP including;

a motion context logic to determine a motion context of the device;

a context-based action logic to manage the device based on the motion context.

9. The device of claim 8, further comprising:

a high power processor to provide processing capability, the high power processor turned on and off by the LPP based on the motion context.