Apparatus and method for operation according to movement in portable terminal

• US 8,558,809 B2
• Filed: 07/08/2011
• Issued: 10/15/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/08/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Jae-Myeon, Song, Hee-Jun, Kwon, Soon-Youl, Jung, Byeng-Sang, Park, Sun-Young
• Primary Examiner(s): Cheng, Joe H
• Application Number:
  US13/179,244
• Publication Number:
  US 20120007820A1
• Time in Patent Office: 830 Days
• Field of Search: 345/156, 345/173, 345/174, 345/214, 345/215, 178/18.01
• 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 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72466 with selection means, e.g. keys, having functions defined by the mode or the status of the device
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0254 detecting a user operation or a tactile contact or a motion of the device
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

An apparatus and method operate a portable terminal according to touch and movement. When a touch is sensed, an angle of the portable terminal is determined. When the determined angle belongs to a grip zone, the portable terminal is transitioned to a wake up state.

Claims

1. A method for operating a portable terminal, the method comprising:

determining, by a controller, whether a touch is sensed;

when the touch is sensed, determining, by the controller, an angle of the portable terminal;

determining, by the controller, whether the determined angle belongs to a grip zone; and

when the determined angle belongs to the grip zone, waking up, by the controller, the portable terminal.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising, when the determined angle belongs to the grip zone, activating, by the controller, a hot key menu access of the portable terminal.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the angle of the portable terminal comprises:

determining a value of an acceleration sensor according to a motion of the portable terminal; and

determining the angle of the portable terminal using the determination value of the acceleration sensor.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the grip zone corresponds to an angle range associated with a user raising the portable terminal.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the portable terminal comprises a bar type form.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising when the determined angle does not belong to the grip zone, waiting for, by the controller, a next touch to be sensed.

7. An apparatus of a portable terminal comprising:

a touch sensor configured to sense a touch;

an acceleration sensor configured to output an acceleration value according to a motion of the portable terminal; and

a controller configured to determine whether a touch is sensed, determine an angle of the portable terminal when the touch is sensed, determine whether the determined angle belongs to a grip zone, and transition the portable terminal to a wake up state when the determined angle belongs to the grip zone.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the controller is further configured to activate a hot key menu access of the portable terminal when the determined angle belongs to the grip zone.

9. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the controller is further configured to determine a value of the acceleration sensor according to the motion of the portable terminal, and

determine the angle of the portable terminal using the acceleration value.

10. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the grip zone corresponds to an angle range associated with a user raising the portable terminal.

11. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the portable terminal comprises a bar type form.

12. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the controller is further configured to wait for a next touch is detected when the determined angle does not belong to the grip zone.

13. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the touch sensor comprises a sensor on at least one side of the portable terminal.

14. The apparatus of claim 7, further comprising a storage unit configured to store a program for operating the controller.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage device comprising a computer program code configured to cause a controller in a portable terminal to perform a process according to touch and movement, the process comprising the steps of:

determining whether a touch is sensed,

when the touch is sensed, determining an angle of the portable terminal,

determining whether the determined angle belongs to a grip zone, and

when the determined angle belongs to the grip zone, waking up the portable terminal.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage device of claim 15, wherein the process further comprises activating a hot key menu access of the portable terminal when the determined angle belongs to the grip zone.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage device of claim 15, wherein the step of determining the angle of the portable terminal comprises:

determining a value of an acceleration sensor according to a motion of the portable terminal; and

determining the angle of the portable terminal using the determination value of the acceleration sensor.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage device of claim 15, wherein the grip zone corresponds to an angle range associated with a user raising the portable terminal.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage device of claim 15, wherein the process further comprises the step of waiting for a next touch to be sensed when the determined angle does not belong to the grip zone.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage device of claim 15, wherein the portable terminal includes a touch sensor and an acceleration sensor.