Motion input device for portable terminal and operation method using the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9626519-B2
Application number	US-201414516853-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 17, 2014
Priority date	Nov 10, 2008
Publication date	Apr 18, 2017
Grant date	Apr 18, 2017

Abstract

The present invention relates to a motion input device for portable terminal and an operation method using the same. A motion input device of a portable terminal of the present invention includes a sensor unit configured to collect a sensor signal from at least one sensor; an operation recognition unit configured to generate a motion signal corresponding to an operation of portable terminal based on the sensor signal; a scenario preparation unit configured to generate an input scenario based on at least one motion signal; and a scenario mapping unit configured to detect, in a scenario database, a standards scenario corresponding to the input scenario, and to generate an input signal corresponding to the standards scenario.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device comprising:
a housing;
a controller positioned inside the housing;
a wireless radio frequency (RF) circuit positioned inside the housing and electrically coupled to the controller;
a display exposed through the housing and electrically coupled to the controller, wherein the display comprises a touchscreen;
an audio process circuit positioned inside the housing and electrically coupled to the controller;
a sensor electrically coupled to the controller; and
a storage device which stores an operating system and an application,
wherein the storage device stores instructions that, when executed, cause the controller to
detect, using the sensor, a first tapping pattern provided by a user on the electronic device in a setting mode,
store the first tapping pattern in the storage device in association with the application,
receive, using the sensor, a second tapping pattern provided by a user on the electronic device while the display is in a screen-off state,
determine whether the second tapping pattern corresponds to the first tapping pattern, and
directly perform a function of the application from the screen-off state which is matched to the first tapping pattern, upon a determination that the second tapping pattern received during the screen-off state of the display corresponds to the first tapping pattern.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the application is a music player application.

3. The device of claim 2 , wherein the function is a playing function of the music player application.

4. The device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions cause the controller to determine whether the second tapping pattern corresponds to the first tapping pattern by comparing the second tapping pattern against the first tapping pattern, based at least partly on at least one of a tapping intensity, a tapping position, a frequency of tapping, a tapping recognition time, a time interval between tappings, or an entire tapping input time.

5. An electronic device comprising:
a housing;
a controller positioned inside the housing;
a wireless radio frequency (RF) circuit positioned inside the housing and electrically coupled to the controller;
a display exposed through the housing and electrically coupled to the controller, wherein the display comprises a touchscreen;
an audio process circuit positioned inside the housing and electrically coupled to the controller;
a sensor electrically coupled to the controller; and
a storage device which stores an operating system and an application,
wherein the storage device stores instructions that, when executed, cause the controller to
detect, using the sensor, a first tapping pattern provided by a user on the electronic device in a setting mode,
store the first tapping pattern in the storage device in association with the application,
receive, using the sensor, a second tapping pattern provided by a user on the electronic device while the display is in a screen-off state,
determine whether the second tapping pattern corresponds to the first tapping pattern, and
perform a function of the application which is matched to the first tapping pattern, when the second tapping pattern received during the screen-off state of the display corresponds to the first tapping pattern,

wherein upon receiving the second tapping pattern matching the first tapping pattern, a pop-up window is displayed on the display to inform a user of the function to be executed, prior to the execution of the function.

6. A method of operating an electronic device which comprises a controller, a touchscreen, a sensor and a storage device in which an operating system and an application are stored, the method comprising:
during a setting mode, receiving at least first and second tapping patterns provided by a user on the electronic device using the sensor, the first and second tapping patterns corresponding to first and second different functions, respectively, of the application;
storing, during the setting mode, the first and second tapping patterns in the storage device in association with the application;
receiving, while the application is executed, an input tapping pattern provided by a user on the electronic device using the sensor;
determining whether the input tapping pattern corresponds to the first or second tapping pattern;
performing the first function of the application when the input tapping pattern corresponds to the first tapping pattern; and
performing the second function of the application when the input tapping pattern corresponds to the second tapping pattern,
wherein the performance of the first function and second function each maintains execution of the application, and
wherein upon receiving a tapping pattern matching the first tapping pattern or the second tapping pattern, a pop-up window is displayed on a display to inform a user of the first or second function to be executed, prior to the execution of the first or second function.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the application is a music application, and the first or second function is activating an equalizer mode of the music application.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the application is a music application, and each of the first and second tapping patterns corresponds to a different one of plural equalizer modes, the input tapping pattern matches one of the first and second tapping patterns and activates a corresponding one of the equalizer modes.

9. The method of claim 6 , wherein the first or second function is for generating a sound effect.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the application is a music player application, and the first or second function is for generating a sound effect which is mixed with music being played by the music player application.

11. The method of claim 6 , wherein determining whether the input tapping pattern corresponds to the first or second tapping pattern comprises:
comparing the input tapping pattern against the first tapping based at least partly on at least one of a tapping intensity, a tapping position, a frequency of tapping, a tapping recognition time, a time interval between tappings, or an entire tapping input time.

12. A non transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause a processor to perform the method of claim 6 .

13. An electronic device comprising:
a controller;
a wireless radio frequency unit (RF) electrically coupled to the controller;
a touchscreen electrically coupled to the controller;
an audio processor electrically coupled to the controller;
a sensor electrically coupled to the controller; and
a storage unit that stores an operating system and an application,
wherein the storage unit stores instructions that, when executed, cause the controller to
receive, in a setting mode, at least first and second tapping patterns via at least one of the touchscreen, the audio processor, or the sensor,
store the first and second tapping patterns in the storage unit in association with first and second different functions, respectively, of the application,
while the application is executed, receive an input tapping pattern via at least one of the touchscreen, the audio processor, or the sensor,
determine whether the input tapping pattern corresponds to the first or second tapping patterns,
perform the first function of the application when the input tapping pattern corresponds to the first tapping pattern, and
perform the second function of the application when the input tapping pattern corresponds to the second tapping pattern,
wherein the performance of the first function and the second function e

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Jaemyeon
• Hong Hyunsu
• Kim Jinyong
• Kim Kyunghwa
• Shin Seungwoo
• Ban Jihye
• Oh Jungyeob
• Lee Myeonglo

Classifications

• G06F2200/1636

  Sensing arrangement for detection of a tap gesture on the housing · CPC title

• G06F1/1626 Primary

  with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs] · CPC title

• G06F3/0488

  using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures · CPC title

• G06F21/604 Primary

  Tools and structures for managing or administering access control systems · CPC title

• G06F3/017

  Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures (interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883) · CPC title