JP2008135075A - Electronic apparatus, spatial displacement computing device, and spatial displacement computation method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electronic apparatus which has sufficient sensitivity to a linear movement and can detect a movement of the apparatus more reliably. <P>SOLUTION: The electronic apparatus is provided with: a case body of a size which can be held and operated by hand; an angular velocity sensor which is placed in the case body and outputs a signal in accordance with an angular velocity in the rotation direction by detecting a spatial movement amount of the case body; an acceleration sensor which is placed in the case body and outputs a signal in accordance of an acceleration in the linear direction by detecting the spatial movement amount of the case body; a means for compensating the output of the angular velocity sensor by the output of the acceleration sensor; and a means for calculating spatial displacement of the case body according to the output of the angular velocity sensor compensated by the output of the acceleration sensor. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

The present invention relates to an electronic device such as a mobile terminal or a mobile phone , a spatial displacement calculation device, and a spatial displacement calculation method .

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-7027 discloses a technique for scrolling an image displayed on a display unit in accordance with movement of a casing constituting a portable device such as a portable terminal or a cellular phone. For example, when a user holding such a device moves the device in the right direction, the image scrolls in the right direction as well. An angular velocity sensor is used as means for sensing the movement of the housing. For example, a reference value of the angular velocity sensor is detected, output as an electrical signal as a change from the reference value, and the screen is scrolled according to the output result.
(For example, refer to Patent Document 1).
JP 2002-7027 A

However, the angular velocity sensor is insufficiently sensitive to linear motion.

The present invention has been made based on such circumstances, and an electronic device device, a spatial displacement calculation device, and a spatial displacement calculation method capable of detecting the movement of the device more reliably with sufficient sensitivity to linear motion. The purpose is to provide.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, an electronic device according to a main aspect of the present invention includes a casing that can be held and operated by hand, and is disposed in the casing, and the amount of spatial movement of the casing is reduced. An angular velocity sensor that detects and outputs a signal corresponding to the angular velocity in the rotation direction, and an acceleration that is disposed in the casing and detects a spatial movement amount of the casing and outputs a signal according to a linear acceleration A sensor, means for correcting the output of the angular velocity sensor with the output of the acceleration sensor, and means for calculating a spatial displacement of the casing from the output of the angular velocity sensor corrected with the output of the acceleration sensor. It is characterized by comprising .
A spatial displacement calculation device according to another aspect of the present invention includes an angular velocity sensor that detects a spatial movement amount of an object and outputs a signal corresponding to an angular velocity in a rotation direction, and the spatial movement of the object. An acceleration sensor that detects a quantity and outputs a signal according to acceleration in a linear direction, means for correcting the output of the angular velocity sensor by the output of the acceleration sensor, and the angular velocity sensor corrected by the output of the acceleration sensor And a means for calculating a spatial displacement of the object from the output.
According to still another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a spatial displacement calculation method in which an angular velocity sensor that detects a spatial movement amount of an object reads a signal output according to an angular velocity in a rotation direction, and the space of the object. A step of reading a signal output according to an acceleration sensor in a linear direction, a step of correcting the output of the angular velocity sensor with the output of the acceleration sensor,
And calculating the spatial displacement of the object from the output of the angular velocity sensor corrected by the output of the acceleration sensor.

  The movement of the human arm is based on the elbow or shoulder. The movement of the user to move the casing in the space is approximately a spherical movement. In order to detect the speed of movement of the arm, it is only necessary to detect the movement speed of the arm along the spherical surface, that is, the angular speed.

In general, the relationship between acceleration and speed is expressed by the following equation.
(Formula 1)

  From Equation 1, it can be seen that if there is an acceleration sensor, the speed can be obtained by integrating the data obtained in a certain time width t. If the speed of the moving body for a certain time is obtained, the moving distance can be further obtained by integrating the value of the speed, and the scroll amount can be determined.

  However, in order to obtain the moving distance of the moving body from the acceleration, it is necessary to perform double integration by time, so that responsiveness is delayed or an accumulated error is likely to occur. In addition, the acceleration sensor is more susceptible to gravitational acceleration than the angular velocity sensor, which may cause an error. As described above, it is only necessary to detect the angular velocity in order to detect the movement of the arm. Therefore, in the present invention, an angular velocity sensor is used as means for detecting the movement amount.

When the scroll amount is obtained from the angular velocity, Equation 2 is obtained.
(Formula 2)

  Angular velocity sensors are mainly used to detect vibrations caused by camera shake in electronic devices and the like. Vibration due to camera shake is a high frequency with a short wavelength. When vibration due to camera shake is detected, for example, a low frequency is cut by a high-pass filter or the like and only the high frequency is output. The output due to temperature drift is cut because it has a low frequency. For this reason, when detecting vibration due to camera shake, there is no problem of malfunction due to temperature drift.

  The operation detected by the angular velocity sensor according to the present invention is an operation in which the user moves the apparatus while following the display unit, and is a low frequency with a long wavelength. Therefore, the operation of moving the apparatus interacts with the low frequency due to the temperature drift.

  According to the present invention, the value of the temperature drift can be extracted by comparing the output of the angular velocity sensor when the apparatus is in a stationary state, and the output of the angular velocity sensor can be compensated based on this value. it can.

In the present invention, the output of the angular velocity sensor of the device that is stationary at a certain temperature is stored in advance. Then, for example, the output of the angular velocity sensor of the device that is stationary at another temperature is detected. When the detected output is compared with the output of the angular velocity sensor stored in advance, the difference between the reference values changed due to the temperature drift is extracted. The output of the angular velocity sensor when the apparatus is moved is a superposition of the output from the movement and the output from the temperature drift. The difference between the extracted reference values corresponds to the output due to temperature drift. Therefore, by removing the difference between the reference values extracted from the output of the angular velocity sensor when the apparatus is moved, only the output due to movement can be obtained. If the angular velocity of this drift is Δωk, the corrected scroll amount is as shown in Equation 3.
(Formula 3)

  Thereby, the malfunction that the image displayed on the display part scrolls arbitrarily by the temperature drift of an angular velocity sensor does not arise.

  Here, in the electronic apparatus device described above, it is preferable that the stationary state detection unit is an acceleration sensor used to detect a velocity component and a displacement component with respect to a predetermined direction of the electronic apparatus device.

  In general, the angular velocity sensor is not sufficiently sensitive to linear motion. On the other hand, the acceleration sensor can detect the acceleration at the time of movement even if it is a linear motion. Since the acceleration sensor is suitable for detecting absolute motion, it can detect a linear movement of the apparatus and a stationary state where the apparatus is not moving. Thereby, it is not necessary to separately provide a sensor for detecting the stationary state, the processing system can be prevented from becoming complicated, and efficient processing can be performed.

  On the other hand, since the angular velocity sensor is suitable for detecting relative motion, it is possible to detect the amount of movement of the hand and arm. When the acceleration sensor is mainly used, compared with the case where the angular velocity sensor is mainly used, the responsiveness is poor and the accumulated error at the time of integration becomes large. However, if the acceleration sensor detects only a linear motion that is insufficiently detected by the angular velocity sensor, it is possible to suppress the deterioration of the responsiveness and to prevent the scroll reaction from becoming dull. In the present invention, by using the acceleration sensor as an auxiliary to the angular velocity sensor, the sensitivity to the linear operation becomes sufficient, and the movement of the apparatus can be detected more reliably.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

(Display device)
A display device, which is an example of an electronic apparatus device according to the present invention, will be described with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of the display device.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the display device 1 includes a housing 2 that is large enough to be held by a user with one hand, for example.

  On the front surface 2a of the housing 2, a speaker 4, a microphone 5, and a reset button 10 are provided, and an operation unit 7 provided with an OK button 7a, an Undo button 7b, and a camera capture button 7c, for example, a stick-shaped memory A mounting portion 9 to which the medium 8 is detachably mounted is provided.

  A camera 3 is provided on the back surface 2 b of the housing 2. The camera 3 is constituted by a CCD camera, for example.

  A display unit 6 is provided on the side surface 2 c of the housing 2. The display unit 6 is configured by a color liquid crystal display device, for example. A handle portion 11 is provided on the side surface 2 d of the housing 2.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the display device 1 includes a CPU 15, a ROM 16, a flash memory 17, a RAM 18, a storage medium interface 19, and a sensor interface 20, as well as various interfaces such as TTY (Tele Typewriter). ) 21, NIC (network interface card), for example, an Ethernet (registered trademark) board 22, an image processing unit (Image Processing Unit) 23, a Visca interface (Visca Interface) 24, a VGA board (VGA Board) 25 and audio-video interface (Audio & Video Interface) 26 are connected. Constructed. The CPU 15 controls the display device 1 as a whole. The ROM 16 is provided for storing a program necessary for the operation. The necessary program is, for example, a program for a changeover switch described later. The flash memory 17 is provided for storing necessary data. The necessary data is an output of the angular velocity sensor at a certain temperature, as will be described later. The RAM 18 is used as a work space for processing.

  The mounting unit 9 is connected to the storage medium interface 19. Data communication is performed with the storage medium 8 attached to the attachment unit 9.

  An angular velocity sensor 12 and an acceleration sensor 13 are connected in parallel to the sensor interface 20 via an A / D converter 27 and a low-pass filter 29.

  A TTY (Tele Typewriter) 21 is connected to various buttons in the operation area.

Ethernet board (Ethernet (registered trademark) Board) 22 are those that can be connected to the Ethernet (registered trademark) net. It is connected to, for example, a server via an Ethernet (registered trademark) net, and is connected to the Internet via this server.

  A camera interface (Camera Interface) 28 is connected to the image processing unit (Image Processing Unit) 23. The CCD camera 3 is connected to the camera interface 28. An image connected by the CCD camera 3 can be taken into the display device 1 and can be displayed on the display unit 6.

  An external personal computer or the like is connected to the Visca interface (Visca Interface) 24. Various controls of the display device 1 can be performed via this interface.

  The liquid crystal display device as the display unit 6 is connected to a VGA board 25.

  An audio video system (Audio & Video Interface) 26 is connected to an audio video system device. Via this interface 26, a signal from an audio video system device can be taken into the display device 1, and an audio signal or an image signal can be output to the audio video system device.

(Angular velocity sensor and acceleration sensor)
Next, an angular velocity sensor and an acceleration sensor provided in the display device 1 will be described with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 3 shows an angular velocity sensor. FIG. 4 is a graph showing the results output from the angular velocity sensor. FIG. 5 shows an acceleration sensor. FIG. 6 shows the positions where the angular velocity sensor and the acceleration sensor are attached.

  The angular velocity sensor 12 is an element that detects an angular velocity in the rotation direction of the display device 1 and outputs it as a voltage. For example, the length in the direction parallel to the movement detection direction is 1 cm, the length in the vertical direction is 0.5 cm, and It is a 0.3 cm rectangular parallelepiped shape.

The movement of a human arm can be approximated to a movement on a spherical surface centered on the elbow and shoulder. As shown in FIG. 3A, when the user moves the display device 1, for example, the movement is in the α direction along the spherical surface with the elbow 28 as a fulcrum. In order to detect the speed of movement of the arm, it is only necessary to detect the movement speed of the arm along the spherical surface, that is, the angular speed. In general, the relationship between acceleration and speed is expressed by the following equation.
(Formula 1)

  From Equation 1, it can be seen that, for example, if there is an acceleration sensor, which will be described later, or the like that detects acceleration, the speed can be obtained by integrating the data obtained in a certain time width t. If the moving speed of the display device 1 for a certain period of time is obtained, the moving distance can be further obtained by integrating the value of this speed, and the scroll amount of the screen can be determined.

  However, in order to obtain the moving distance of the display device 1 from the acceleration, it is necessary to perform double integration by time, so that responsiveness is delayed or an accumulated error is likely to occur. As described above, it is only necessary to detect the angular velocity in order to detect the movement of the arm. Therefore, in the present invention, the angular velocity sensor 12 is used as means for detecting the movement amount.

When the scroll amount of the screen is obtained from the angular velocity, Equation 2 is obtained.
(Formula 2)

  The angular velocity sensor 12 is mainly used to detect vibration due to camera shake of an electronic device or the like. Vibration due to camera shake is a high frequency with a short wavelength. When vibration due to camera shake is detected, for example, a low frequency is cut by a high-pass filter or the like and only the high frequency is output. The output due to temperature drift is cut because it has a low frequency. For this reason, when detecting vibration due to camera shake, there is no problem of malfunction due to temperature drift.

  The operation detected by the angular velocity sensor 12 is an operation in which the user moves the display device 1 while following the display unit 6 with eyes, and is a low frequency with a long wavelength. The operation of moving the display device 1 interacts with the low frequency due to temperature drift.

The output of the angular velocity sensor 12 of the display device 1 that is stationary at a certain temperature is stored in advance. Then, for example, the output of the angular velocity sensor 12 of the display device 1 in a stationary state at another temperature is detected. When the detected output is compared with the output of the angular velocity sensor 12 stored in advance, the difference between the reference values changed due to the temperature drift is extracted. The output of the angular velocity sensor 12 when the apparatus is moved is a superposition of the output from the movement and the output from the temperature drift. The difference between the extracted reference values corresponds to the output due to temperature drift. Therefore, by removing the difference between the reference values extracted from the output of the angular velocity sensor 12 when the display device 1 is moved, only the output due to movement can be obtained. If the angular velocity of this drift is Δωk, the corrected scroll amount is as shown in Equation 3.
(Formula 3)

  The angular velocity sensor 12 detects the angular velocity of rotation in the α direction and outputs it as a voltage. The output is shown as a change from the reference voltage. For example, when a user with an arm length of 45 cm rotates the display device 1 at a rotation angle of 5 degrees in 0.2 seconds, the displacement voltage of the angular velocity sensor 12 is about 10 mV. The reference voltage of the angular velocity sensor 12 is about 1.5V. The output angular velocity value removes high frequency components through a low-pass filter (not shown), for example. The output from which the high-frequency component has been removed is time-integrated by the numerical integration method by the CPU 15, and the displacement component of the display device 1 is calculated.

  Further, since the angular velocity sensor 12 detects only the angular velocity in one rotation direction, as shown in FIG. 3B, the movement spans two or more rotation directions, for example, the α direction and the β direction. When detecting the angular velocity, it is necessary to provide the angular velocity sensor 12 according to each rotation axis. In this case, the angular velocity sensor 12 outputs an α direction component and a β direction component of the angular velocity applied to the display device 1. The output result is passed through the low-pass filter 29, and time integration is performed by the CPU 15 by the numerical integration method, and each displacement component of the display device 1 is calculated.

  The detection result by the angular velocity sensor 12 is, for example, as shown in FIG. The vertical axis of the graph shown in FIG. 4A is the output voltage (V) of the angular velocity sensor 12, and the horizontal axis is time (seconds). The waveform of the output result includes a component due to movement of the display device detected by the angular velocity sensor 12, a component due to vibration such as camera shake, and a component due to temperature drift of the angular velocity sensor 12. FIG. 4B shows the result of removing the high frequency, which is a camera shake component, by the low-pass filter 29. This waveform includes only the component due to the movement of the display device detected by the angular velocity sensor 12 and the component due to the temperature drift of the angular velocity sensor 12. In this case, the display device 1 scrolls the image according to the value of the output voltage of the angular velocity sensor 12. Since the output voltage is a low frequency, it is not necessary to detect fine voltage changes such as camera shake as shown in FIG. If such a small change is processed as it is, the image is vibrated finely during scrolling, which makes it very difficult to see. Therefore, unnecessary high frequency is removed by the low-pass filter 29.

  The acceleration sensor 13 is an element that detects a biaxial or triaxial acceleration and outputs it as a voltage when the user moves the space while holding the display device 1 in his / her hand.

  FIG. 5 shows a case where, for example, an acceleration sensor is used as a sensor for detecting acceleration in three axial directions. A vertical component, a horizontal component, and a longitudinal component of acceleration applied to the display device 1 are detected, and a time integration operation is performed for each component to calculate a velocity component and a displacement component.

  Further, when the display device 1 is in a stationary state, no acceleration acts on the display device 1, and the output voltage from the acceleration sensor 13 is a voltage when no acceleration is applied. That is, the displacement of the output voltage per unit time of the acceleration sensor 13 becomes zero. Thus, the stationary state of the display device 1 is detected by confirming that the output from the acceleration sensor 13 is the voltage when no acceleration is applied (the displacement of the output voltage per unit time is 0). You can also Thereby, it is not necessary to separately provide a sensor for detecting the stationary state, the processing system can be prevented from becoming complicated, and efficient processing can be performed.

  The calculation results of the angular velocity sensor 12 and the acceleration sensor 13 are used for temperature drift compensation and image scrolling, which will be described later.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the display unit 6 includes a back cover 6a, a frame 6b, a front cover 6c, a liquid crystal device 6d, an angular velocity sensor 12, and an acceleration sensor 13. The angular velocity sensor 12 includes three angular velocity sensors 12a for detecting movement in the X direction, an angular velocity sensor 12b for detecting movement in the Y direction, and an angular velocity sensor 12c for detecting movement in the Z direction. The angular velocity sensors 12a and 12b are affixed inside the back cover 6a. The angular velocity sensor 12c is affixed to the outside of the frame 6b. The angular velocity sensor 12 is a rectangular parallelepiped and has a length in the longitudinal direction of 1 cm. Since the angular velocity sensor 12c is provided so that the longitudinal direction is parallel to the thickness direction of the display unit 6, if the angular velocity sensor 12c is provided inside the display unit 6, the display unit 6 itself becomes an obstacle when the thickness is reduced. For this reason, the angular velocity sensor 12c is provided outside the frame 6b.

  One acceleration sensor 13 is provided. One can sufficiently detect movement in the X-axis direction, the Y-axis direction, and the Z-axis direction. The acceleration sensor 13 is preferably provided close to the angular velocity sensor 12a and the angular velocity sensor 12b, but may be provided at a distance from them. The angular velocity sensor 12 and the acceleration sensor 13 are connected to the CPU 15 via a low pass filter 29 and an A / D converter 27.

(Processing process)
Next, a process for scrolling the screen will be described with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 7 shows processing steps of the CPU 15 from when the display device 1 moves until the screen scrolls. FIG. 8 shows the temperature drift of the angular velocity sensor 12 when the vertical axis is voltage (V) and the horizontal axis is temperature (° C.).

  As shown in FIG. 7, the CPU 15 first checks whether or not the reset button 10 has been pressed by the user (step 701). If the reset button 10 is pressed, the steps 702 and 703 are omitted and the process proceeds to step 704. If the reset button 10 is not pressed, the output voltage of the acceleration sensor 13 is read (step 702). Then, the acceleration sensor 12 detects acceleration in order to determine whether or not the display device 1 is in a stationary state. If the output of the acceleration sensor 13 is 0, the process proceeds to the next step, and if the output is not 0, the processes of step 701 and step 2 are repeated (step 703).

  When the reset button is pressed by the user or when the displacement of the output voltage of the acceleration sensor 13 is 0, the CPU 15 reads the output voltage of the angular velocity sensor 12 (step 704). Then, the output voltage of the angular velocity sensor 12 which is stored in the flash memory 17 in a stationary state at a certain temperature is read (step 705), and the value of the output voltage of the angular velocity sensor 12 read in step 704 is read out in step 705. The value obtained by subtracting the value of the output voltage of the angular velocity sensor 12 read out in (5) is extracted as an offset amount due to temperature drift (step 706).

  Next, for example, the value output from the angular velocity sensor 12 when the user moves the display device 1 is read (step 707). By subtracting the offset amount extracted in step 706 from this output value, the voltage change due to temperature drift is removed, and the displacement due to movement is calculated (step 708). An instruction to scroll the image is issued based on this value (step 709).

  By processing in this way, the malfunction due to temperature drift is eliminated.

  The above processing steps will be described in principle with an example of movement in one direction.

  When the temperature changes in a stationary state, the angular velocity sensor 12 outputs as shown by a graph β in FIG. A graph α indicates an output value when the angular velocity sensor 12 is moved by a certain amount. This is obtained by translating the graph β in the positive direction of the voltage axis. Among these, for example, the output value at 20 ° C. is stored in the flash memory 17 or the like as θ.

Take for example the case of 40 ° C. When the temperature is 40 ° C., the output of the angular velocity sensor 12 in a stationary state is β1. Here, the calculation in step 706 is performed, the value θ stored in the flash memory 17 is read, and the difference between β1 and θ is taken, the offset amount due to the temperature drift is extracted. If the offset amount at this time is Δ,
Δ = θ-β1
It becomes.

Furthermore, the output value when the user moves the display device 1 by a certain amount at 40 ° C. is α1. Here, the calculation in step 707 is performed, and when Δ is added to α1, a compensation output is calculated. If the compensation output at this time is ω,
ω = α1 + Δ
= Α1 + (θ−β1)
= Α1-β1 + θ
Thus, the compensation output ω becomes constant regardless of the temperature. By subtracting the value of θ stored in the flash memory 17 from ω, (α1−β1) is obtained. This is the displacement due to the actual movement. Therefore, the image may be scrolled based on the value of (α1−β1).

  In other words, if the display device 1 actually stores only the graph β1 in a stationary state, when the user actually uses the display device 1, an output at a certain temperature when the display device 1 is moved by a certain amount is used. By taking the difference between the voltage (the output voltage at a certain temperature of the graph α1) and the output voltage at the temperature of the graph β1, the displacement due to only the movement of the display device 1 can be detected. Therefore, the graph α1 may be stored by default when the display device 1 is shipped.

(Example of use)
Next, an operation when purchasing content using the display device 1 will be described.

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the operation.

  When the power is turned on, the display device 1 displays an initial screen on the display unit 6 (step 901). FIG. 10 shows an example of such an initial screen. The screen of the display unit 6 shown in FIG. 10 includes, for example, “menu”, “restaurant”, “department store”, “movie theater”, “restaurant”, “map”, “picture”, “character input”, and the like. Although not displayed on this screen, other items exist further below this, and by moving the display device 1 downward, the screen can be scrolled downward to see the items below. . Further, items that can be selected on the current screen are highlighted (reference numeral 37 in FIG. 10), and when the OK button 7a is pressed, the highlighted item 37 is selected. Such highlight display is fixed on the screen, for example, and the item 37 to be highlighted can be selected by scrolling the screen and moving the item as described above.

  Here, when the display device 1 is moved up and down (step 1102), the display device 1 scrolls the screen of the display unit 6 up and down, for example, according to the movement (step 1103). When the user highlights a desired item such as “picture” and the OK button 7a is pressed (step 904), a “picture” selection screen is displayed on the display unit 6 (step 905).

  Similarly, when the display device 1 is moved up, down, left, and right (step 906), the display device 1 scrolls the screen of the display unit 6 up, down, left, and right, for example, according to this movement (step 907). When one image is selected from the images A1, A2, B1, and B2 of the contents that can be provided by the user divided into four images (step 908), as shown in FIG. The amount presentation screen 38 is displayed on the part 6 (step 909). On this screen 38, for example, there are an amount display unit 39 for displaying the amount of content, a purchase confirmation button 40, and a multiple content purchase button 41. When the multi-content purchase button 41 is pressed, it is possible to return to the initial screen again and add content to be purchased.

  In the above selection, for example, among the four images A1, A2, B1, and B2, the image having the largest area on the display screen is highlighted, and the highlight screen is selected as appropriate by scrolling, and OK. What is necessary is just to select a content with the button 7a.

  When the content is selected by the user in accordance with the presentation of the content amount, the selected content is provided from the server to the display device 1 via the Internet, for example (step 910).

  For example, as shown in FIG. 12, the display device 1 displays the content 44 on the display unit 6 (step 911) and stores it in the storage medium (step 912).

  The user can scroll the image 45 of the content 44 displayed on the display unit 6 by moving the display device 1 as appropriate.

  FIG. 13 shows an example of an image displayed on the display unit 6 when “Map” is selected from the items on the initial screen shown in FIG. 10. From this state, the display device 1 is moved (step 906), the screen is scrolled up and down, left and right, for example (step 907), and a predetermined image on the map is selected (step 908). A simple map can be displayed on the display unit 6 as the selected content and stored in the storage medium 8.

  In the above operation, there is no problem of malfunction such that the image is scrolled due to the temperature drift of the angular velocity sensor 12 even though the display device 1 is in a stationary state.

  The user can also compensate for the temperature drift of the angular velocity sensor 12 by pressing the reset button 10. Thereby, malfunction is prevented.

  Further, by detecting the amount of movement of the apparatus with the angular velocity sensor, the amount of movement of the apparatus can be detected without being affected by gravitational acceleration.

  The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment.

  For example, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the content is an image has been described, but the content may be music or the like.

  In addition, even when the user moves the display device 1, for example, a stop button (not shown) is provided to prevent the image from scrolling when it is not desired to scroll the image displayed on the display unit 6. Also good.

Further, in the present embodiment, the display device has been described as an example. However, the present invention can be applied to any device using an angular velocity sensor.
(The invention's effect)

As described above , according to the present invention, the sensitivity to the linear motion is sufficient, and the movement of the apparatus can be detected more reliably.

It is a perspective view which shows the external appearance of the display apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the hardware constitutions of the display apparatus which concerns on the same embodiment. It is a perspective view of the angular velocity sensor used for the display apparatus which concerns on the same embodiment. It is an output graph of the angular velocity sensor used for the display apparatus concerning the embodiment. It is a perspective view of the acceleration sensor used for the display apparatus which concerns on the same embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows a part of display apparatus which concerns on the same embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement of temperature drift compensation. It is a figure which shows the principle of temperature drift compensation. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of a display apparatus. It is a figure which shows an example of the initial screen displayed on a display apparatus. It is a figure which shows an example of the money amount presentation screen displayed on a display apparatus. It is a figure which shows an example of the content image displayed on the display apparatus. It is a figure which shows the other example of the content image displayed on the display apparatus.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Display apparatus 2 ... Housing 6 ... Display part 10 ... Reset button 12 ... Angular velocity sensor 13 ... Acceleration sensor 45 ... Image

Claims (10)

A case that can be held and operated by hand,
An angular velocity sensor disposed in the housing and detecting a spatial movement amount of the housing and outputting a signal corresponding to an angular velocity in a rotation direction;
An acceleration sensor that is arranged in the housing and detects a spatial movement amount of the housing and outputs a signal according to a linear acceleration;
Means for correcting the output of the angular velocity sensor with the output of the acceleration sensor;
Means for calculating a spatial displacement of the housing from the output of the angular velocity sensor corrected by the output of the acceleration sensor;
An electronic apparatus device comprising: The electronic device apparatus according to claim 1,
Normally, the spatial displacement is calculated from the output of the angular velocity sensor, and the spatial displacement is calculated from the output of the angular velocity sensor corrected by the output of the acceleration sensor only in the case of a linear motion that is insufficiently detected by the angular velocity sensor. Do
An electronic device characterized by that. The electronic device apparatus according to claim 1,
Depending on the magnitude of the output value of the acceleration sensor, the acceleration sensor is used as a sensor for detecting the stationary state of the housing,
When the acceleration sensor detects the stationary state of the casing, the drift of the output of the angular velocity sensor is corrected.
An electronic device characterized by that. The electronic device apparatus according to claim 1,
A button,
Depending on the magnitude of the output value of the acceleration sensor, the acceleration sensor is used as a sensor for detecting the stationary state of the housing,
When the button is pressed and the stationary state of the housing is detected by the acceleration sensor, the drift of the output of the angular velocity sensor is corrected.
An electronic device characterized by that. The electronic device apparatus according to claim 1,
Means for sending information for scrolling the image to the image display side based on the calculated displacement
The electronic device apparatus further comprising: The electronic device device according to claim 5,
Means for scrolling and displaying an image based on the sent information
The electronic device apparatus further comprising: The electronic device apparatus according to claim 1,
Means for sending information for manipulating the image to the image display side based on the calculated displacement
The electronic device apparatus further comprising: The electronic apparatus device according to claim 7,
Means for manipulating and displaying images based on the sent information
The electronic device apparatus further comprising: An angular velocity sensor that detects the amount of spatial movement of the object and outputs a signal corresponding to the angular velocity in the rotational direction;
An acceleration sensor that detects a spatial movement amount of the object and outputs a signal corresponding to acceleration in a linear direction;
Means for correcting the output of the angular velocity sensor with the output of the acceleration sensor;
Means for calculating a spatial displacement of the object from the output of the angular velocity sensor corrected by the output of the acceleration sensor;
A spatial displacement calculation device comprising: An angular velocity sensor that detects the amount of spatial movement of the object reads a signal output according to the angular velocity in the rotation direction;
An acceleration sensor that detects the amount of spatial movement of the object reads a signal output in accordance with linear acceleration;
Correcting the output of the angular velocity sensor with the output of the acceleration sensor;
Calculating a spatial displacement of the object from the output of the angular velocity sensor corrected by the output of the acceleration sensor;
The spatial displacement calculation method characterized by comprising.