Utilizing motion of a device to manipulate a display screen feature

• US 8,717,283 B1
• Filed: 11/25/2008
• Issued: 05/06/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/25/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: T-Mobile Innovations LLC (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Original Assignee: Sprint Communications Company LP (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Inventors: Lundy, Michael T., Whitney, Jason K., Landers, Robert Brian
• Primary Examiner(s): Sitta, Grant
• Application Number:
  US12/323,249
• Time in Patent Office: 1,988 Days
• Field of Search: 345156-173, 715/810, 715/835, 715/715, 715/719, 715/727, 715/730, 715/764
• US Class Current: 345/156
• 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 3/017 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 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning

Abstract

Systems, methods, and computer-readable media, for utilizing device motions to manipulate a display screen feature. One or more motion data that indicate a motion of a device are referenced. Upon referencing motion data, manipulations to apply to a display screen feature are identified. Thereafter, the display screen feature is manipulated in accordance with the one or more manipulations identified.

Claims

1. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed, perform a method for utilizing device motions to manipulate display screen features, the method comprising:

referencing one or more first motion data that provide an indication of a first motion of a portable device when a content navigational mode is applied to the portable device that results in manipulation of content on a display screen in response to motion of the portable device;

based on the one or more first motion data, identifying one or more first manipulation indicators that provide an indication of a manipulation to apply to a first display screen feature so that the display screen feature appears virtually fixed, wherein the first display screen feature comprises content viewable within a display screen of the portable device;

manipulating the first display screen feature in accordance with the one or more first manipulation indicators identified so that the first display screen feature appears virtually fixed;

receiving an indication to change a navigational mode applied to the portable device from the content navigation mode that manipulates content on the display screen based on motion of the portable device to a selector navigational mode that results in manipulation of a second display screen feature on the display screen in response to motion of the portable device, wherein the second display screen feature comprises a selector that is used to select selectable items within the first display screen feature, wherein the indication to change the navigational mode is received based on a first user selection of a button that is utilized to change the navigational mode between manipulating content on the display screen and manipulating the selector on the display screen in response to motion of the portable device;

manipulating the second display screen feature in accordance with one or more second manipulation indicators identified based on a second motion of the portable device so that the second display screen feature appears virtually fixed;

receiving an indication to change the navigational mode applied to the portable device from the selector navigational mode that results in manipulation of the second display screen feature on the display screen in response to motion of the portable device to the content navigation mode that manipulates content on the display screen based on motion of the portable device, wherein the indication to change the navigational mode is received based on a second user selection of a button that is utilized to change the navigational mode between manipulating the selector on the display screen to manipulating content on the display screen in response to motion of the portable device; and

manipulating the first display screen feature in accordance with one or more third manipulation indicators identified based on a third motion of the portable device so that the first display screen feature appears virtually fixed.

2. The computer-readable media of claim 1, wherein the first motion of the portable device comprises a movement applied by a user and detected by the portable device.

3. The computer-readable media of claim 2, wherein the first motion comprises a lateral movement, a vertical movement, a zoom movement, a forward movement, a backward movement, a rotational movement, a gesture, or a combination thereof.

4. The computer-readable media of claim 2, wherein the first motion is detected by one or more motion detectors comprising an accelerometer, a gyroscope, a magnetometer, an electronic compass, a global positioning system, a hand jitter reduction technology, a camera, or a combination thereof.

5. The computer-readable media of claim 4, wherein the one or more motion detectors detect motion along an x-axis, a y-axis, a z-axis, or a combination thereof.

6. The computer-readable media of claim 4, wherein the one or more motion detectors detect motion about an x-axis, a y-axis, a z-axis, or a combination thereof.

7. The computer-readable media of claim 1, wherein the one or more first motion data comprise an acceleration data, an angular acceleration data, a velocity data, an angular velocity data, a distance data, a degree change data, a torque data, an angular momentum data, a motion time data, a motion duration data, a motion direction data, or a combination thereof.

8. The computer-readable media of claim 1, wherein the one or more first motion data comprise one or more motion data detected by one or more motion detectors.

9. The computer-readable media of claim 1, wherein the one or more first motion data comprise one or more motion data derived, calculated, or determined motion data based on motion detected by one or more motion detectors.

10. The computer-readable media of claim 1, wherein the one or more first manipulation indicators refer to a destination to which the display screen feature should be moved.

11. The computer-readable media of claim 1, wherein the one or more first manipulation indicators refer to a magnitude movement attribute and a direction movement attribute to apply to a display screen feature.

12. The computer-readable media of claim 1, wherein the one or more first manipulations result in a discrete manipulation, a continuous manipulation, a rotational manipulation, a directional manipulation, a zoom manipulation, or a combination thereof.

13. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed, perform a method for utilizing device motions to manipulate display screen features, the method comprising:

referencing a current position of a display screen feature, the display screen feature viewable within a display screen of a portable device;

identifying a movement to apply to the display screen feature based on one or more motion data that indicate a motion of the portable device;

utilizing the current position of the display screen feature and the movement to determine a destination to which the display screen feature should be moved such that the display screen feature appears virtually fixed upon a device motion;

identifying that the destination is not within any of a plurality of predefined discrete portions, wherein each of the predefined discrete portions comprises a unique area of background content;

determining a modified destination to which the display screen feature should be moved based on the destination not being within any of the plurality of predefined discrete portion, wherein the modified destination comprises a position within a discrete portion nearest to the destination; and

moving the display screen feature to the modified destination.

14. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 13, wherein the current position of the display screen feature comprises a pixel location of a point of the display screen feature at an instant prior to detection of the device motion for which the display screen feature is manipulated.

15. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 13, wherein the destination comprises a pixel location or range of pixels.

16. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 13, wherein the movement to apply to the display screen feature comprises a magnitude and direction corresponding with directional manipulation, a rotational manipulation, a zoom manipulation, or a combination thereof.

17. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed, perform a method for utilizing device motions to manipulate a display screen feature viewable within a display screen of a portable device, the method comprising:

referencing a motion magnitude and a motion direction corresponding with a motion of the portable device in three-dimensional space along or about an x-axis, a y-axis, a z-axis, or a combination thereof;

utilizing the motion magnitude and the motion direction to identify a manipulation magnitude and a manipulation direction associated with a manipulation to apply to a selector such that the selector appears as though fixed in space while the portable device moves in space, wherein the manipulation magnitude equals the motion magnitude, the manipulation direction opposes the motion direction, and the manipulation comprises a rotational manipulation, a directional manipulation, a zoom manipulation, or a combination thereof;

modifying the manipulation magnitude associated with the manipulation prior to applying to the selector based on a manipulation boundary that provides a restriction for manipulating the selector; and

manipulating the selector in accordance with the modified manipulation magnitude and the manipulation direction.