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Telephone or other portable device with inertial sensor

  • US 8,112,226 B2
  • Filed: 03/24/2010
  • Issued: 02/07/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A mobile telephone comprising:

  • at least one inertial sensor configured to sense movement of the mobile telephone; and

    at least one programmable processor configured to execute software, the at least one programmable processor communicatively coupled to the inertial sensor;

    wherein the software is configured to use information derived at least in part from data output by the inertial sensor related to the movement of the mobile telephone as an input to a user interface implemented by the software on the mobile telephone; and

    wherein the software is configured to use the information derived at least in part from the data output by the inertial sensor in order to recognize at least one gesture.

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