METHOD OF PERFORMING FUNCTION OF DEVICE AND DEVICE FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD

• US 20140210754A1
• Filed: 01/29/2014
• Published: 07/31/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/29/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: RYU, Jong-hyun, PARK, Yong-gook, HONG, Hyun-su, CHAE, Han-joo, CHOI, Won-young, KANG, Jeong-gwan, KIM, Nam-hoon, LA, Jin
• Granted Patent: US 10,540,013 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• 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 3/013 Eye tracking input arrangements G06F3/015 takes precedence
• 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: G06F 3/038 Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• 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 method of performing a function of a device based on motion information of the device in a standby mode of the device, a device for performing the method are provided. The device includes a sensor configured to detect movement of the device in a standby mode of the device; a storage configured to store motion information based on information related to the movement and at least one piece of function information corresponding to the motion information; and a processor configured to control the device to perform a function corresponding to the motion information in the standby mode based on the information related to the movement, the motion information, and the at least one piece of function information.

Claims

1. A device having one or more operation modes, at least one of the operation mode being a standby mode, the device comprising:

a sensor configured to detect movement of the device in the standby mode of the device;

a storage configured to store motion information based on information related to the movement and at least one piece of function information corresponding to the motion information; and

a processor configured to control the device to perform a function corresponding to the motion information, when the device is in the standby mode based on the information related to the movement, the motion information, and the at least one piece of function information.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the standby mode comprises at least one of a state in which power is consumed by the movement sensor, the storage, and the processor, and a state in which an operation of the device based on the motion sensor, the storage, and the processor is performed.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the standby mode comprises at least one of a state in which power is not consumed by other elements included in the device other than the movement sensor, the storage, and the processor, and a state in which an operation of the device by the other elements is not performed.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein the processor comprises an auxiliary processor and an application processor, and

the standby mode comprises an idle state of the application processor.

5. The device of claim 1, further comprising a touch screen,

wherein the standby mode comprises at least one of an inactive state of a function related to the touch screen and a screen lock set state of the device.

6. The device of claim 5, wherein the function related to the touch screen comprises at least one of a touch sensing function of the touch screen and a display function of the touch screen.

7. The device of claim 1, further comprising a touch screen,

wherein the processor comprises an auxiliary processor and an application processor, and

the standby mode of the device comprises at least one of an idle state of the application processor, an inactive state of a function related to the touch screen, and a screen lock set state of the device.

8. The device of claim 1, further comprising a display,

wherein the processor controls the device such that a gateway screen is displayed by the display before the function is performed.

9. The device of claim 8, wherein the gateway screen comprises notification information notifying that the function is performed.

10. The device of claim 8, wherein the gateway screen comprises selection information for selecting an execution mode of the function.

11. The device of claim 8, wherein, when there are a plurality of functions corresponding to the motion information of the device, the gateway screen comprises selection information to select an execution mode of each of the plurality of functions.

12. The device of claim 1, further comprising a context information sensor configured to detect at least one piece of context information related to the device,

wherein the storage stores mapping information between the at least one piece of context information of the device, the motion information, and the at least one piece of function information, and

the function performed by the processor is determined based on the at least one piece of context information detected by the context information sensor, information related to the movement of the device, and the mapping information.

13. The device of claim 12, wherein the at least one piece of context information comprises at least one piece of current time information, position information of the device, schedule information stored in the device, and log information related to the device.

14. A method of performing a function of a device, the method comprising:

detecting movement of the device in a standby mode of the device;

detecting motion information based on information related to the movement

detecting at least one piece of function information corresponding to the detected motion information; and

performing a function based on the detected at least one function information.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the standby mode comprises at least one of a state in which power is consumed by a motion sensor, a storage, and a processor included in the device, and a state in which an operation of the device based on the motion sensor, the storage, and the processor is performed.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the standby mode comprises at least one of a state in which power is not consumed by other elements included in the device other than a motion sensor, a storage, and a processor included in the device, and a state in which an operation of the device by the other elements is not performed.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein the standby mode comprises an idle state of an application processor included in the device.

18. The method of claim 14, wherein the standby mode comprises at least one of an inactive state of a function related to a touch screen included in the device and a screen lock set state of the device.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the function related to the touch screen comprises at least one of a touch sensing function of the touch screen and a display function of the touch screen.

20. The method of claim 14, wherein the standby mode comprises at least one of an idle state of an application processor included in the device, an inactive state of a function related to a touch screen included in the device, and a screen lock set state of the device.

21. The method of claim 14, further comprising displaying by a display included in a gateway screen before the performing of the function.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the gateway screen comprises notification information notifying that the function is performed.

23. The method of claim 21, wherein the gateway screen comprises selection information for selecting an execution mode of the function.

24. The method of claim 21, wherein, when there are a plurality of functions corresponding to the motion information of the device, the gateway screen comprises selection information to select an execution mode of each of the plurality of functions.

25. The method of claim 14, further comprising detecting at least one piece of context information related to the device,

wherein, in the detecting of the function information, the at least one piece of function information is detected by using the detected motion information and the detected at least one piece of context information of the device.

26. The method of claim 25, wherein the at least one piece of context information comprises at least one piece of current time information, device position information, schedule information stored in the device, and log information related to the device.

27. A computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program which is executable by a computer to perform the method of claim 14.