CN101893946A - Method and device based on accelerometer operation portable set - Google Patents

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CN101893946A
CN101893946A CN2010102026737A CN201010202673A CN101893946A CN 101893946 A CN101893946 A CN 101893946A CN 2010102026737 A CN2010102026737 A CN 2010102026737A CN 201010202673 A CN201010202673 A CN 201010202673A CN 101893946 A CN101893946 A CN 101893946A
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保罗·J.·维拉恩伯格
阿罗恩·列巴
理查德·C.·威廉姆斯
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Abstract

The invention describes method and device based on accelerometer operation portable set.According to one embodiment of present invention, be installed to the motion of the accelerometer detection portable set of portable set.In response, machine executable code is performed in portable set, to carry out one or more predetermined user configurable operations.Additive method and device also are described.

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Method and device based on accelerometer operation portable set
The application is to be January 27, application number in 2005 the dividing an application for the application for a patent for invention of " based on the method and the device of accelerometer operation portable set " that be 200580006827.2 (PCT/US2005/003599), denomination of invention the applying date.
Related application
The application is the common pending trial U.S. Patent application No.10/890 that submitted on July 13rd, 2004,856 partial continuous (CIP), common pending trial U.S. Patent application No.10/890,856 is the common pending trial U.S. Patent application No.10/348 that submitted on January 21st, 2003,465, now be U.S. Patent No. 6,768,066 continuation, U.S. Patent No. 6,768,066 is the common pending trial U.S. Patent application No.09/678 that submitted on October 2nd, 2000,541, now be U.S. Patent No. 6,520,013 divide an application.
The application also is the common pending trial U.S. Patent application No.10/791 that submitted on March 1st, 2004,495 partial continuous (CIP).Above-mentioned U.S. Patent application is incorporated herein by reference.
Technical field
The present invention relates generally to portable set.The invention particularly relates to and use the accelerometer of portable set to operate portable set.
Background technology
Accelerometer is widely used equipment, and its application has varied, for example vibration monitoring, application controls, joystick, industrial process control, spatial emission, satellite control and other application.For example, accelerometer has been used in the sensor that changes as service condition during the detection motor racing in the automobile.
Become more and more popular along with computing machine becomes, accelerometer has been used in the computing machine, with the abrupt motion of sensing computing machine, such as freely dropping.It is exactly the read/write head of protecting hard disk drive that the typical case of accelerometer in computing machine uses.Yet, but the application that does not also have accelerometer to be used in combination with executive software in the computing machine.
Summary of the invention
This instructions has been described the method and apparatus based on accelerometer operation portable set.According to one embodiment of present invention, be connected to the motion of the accelerometer detection portable set of portable set.In response, machine executable code is performed to carry out the configurable operation of predetermined user.
According to one embodiment of present invention, the accelerometer of portable set can be continuously or is periodically monitored the motion of portable set.Therefore, based on by the exercise data that accelerometer provided that is connected to portable set, can determine that portable set is before motion and the orientation (orientation) after the motion.
According to another embodiment of the present invention, accelerometer can be used to detect the motion of portable set, thereby as triggering a kind of mode whether document or graphical page can be shown.
According to another embodiment of the present invention, accelerometer can be used in the navigation application.For example, wherein additional have the portable set of accelerometer can be used as navigational tool, with relatively large object or the document on the display screen that can not once intactly be presented at portable set usually that navigates.
According to another embodiment of the present invention, accelerometer can be used in the recreation application, and wherein accelerometer can be used to detect the scene change at video-game run duration in portable set.
According to another embodiment of the present invention, accelerometer can be used to detect the motion of portable set, and can determine the orientation of portable set based on the exercise data that accelerometer provided.After this, can be directed based on determined motion back, one or more interfaces of startup or de-energisation portable set.
According to another embodiment of the present invention, accelerometer can be used to detect and determine activity (for example rocking) with the user of the portable set that accelerometer wherein is housed.
According to another embodiment of the present invention, accelerometer can be used to determine whether portable set is moving (for example being carried by the user), and whether portable set should enter suitable running status (for example sleep or park mode).
Whether according to another embodiment of the present invention, whether accelerometer can be used to detect portable set and move according to specific direction, import correctly to determine password.
According to another embodiment of the present invention, accelerometer can be used to detect and write down a series of motions of portable set, and wherein the exercise data that is write down can be used to rebuild subsequently motion history (for example, off-line).
From accompanying drawing and following detailed, can understand other features of the present invention.
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The present invention sets forth by example, but is not limited to the figure in the accompanying drawing, and in the accompanying drawings, similar label is represented similar elements.
Accompanying drawing 1 is the block diagram of elaboration according to the example architecture of the portable set of one embodiment of the invention.
Accompanying drawing 2 is to set forth to operate the process flow diagram of the exemplary processes of portable set according to being used for the incident that produces in response to accelerometer of one embodiment of the invention.
Accompanying drawing 3A and 3B are the figure that sets forth according to the exemplary application that can use accelerometer of one embodiment of the invention.
Accompanying drawing 4 is the process flow diagrams that are used for redirecting based on accelerometer the example processor of displayed document of setting forth according to one embodiment of the invention.
Accompanying drawing 5A and 5B are the figure of exemplary motion of portable set of demonstration that can be used to trigger document file page that sets forth according to certain embodiments of the invention.
Accompanying drawing 6 is the process flow diagrams that are used for presenting based on accelerometer the exemplary processes of document of setting forth according to one embodiment of the invention.
Accompanying drawing 7A and 7B set forth the figure that uses according to the exemplary navigation based on accelerometer of one embodiment of the invention.
Accompanying drawing 8 is the process flow diagrams based on the exemplary processes of accelerometer navigation picture of being used for of setting forth according to one embodiment of the invention.
Accompanying drawing 9A and 9B set forth the figure that uses according to the exemplary game based on accelerometer of one embodiment of the invention.
Accompanying drawing 10A and 10B set forth the figure that uses according to the exemplary game based on accelerometer of another embodiment of the present invention.
Accompanying drawing 11 is the process flow diagrams that are used for the exemplary processes used based on the recreation of accelerometer of setting forth according to one embodiment of the invention.
Accompanying drawing 12A and 12B are the figure based on the exemplary scheme of accelerometer startup/de-energisation portable device interface of being used for that sets forth according to one embodiment of the invention.
Accompanying drawing 13 is the process flow diagrams that are used for operating based on accelerometer the exemplary processes of portable device interface of setting forth according to one embodiment of the invention.
Accompanying drawing 14A and 14B are the figure of exemplary scheme of multimedia interface that is used to utilize accelerometer startup/de-energisation portable set that sets forth according to one embodiment of the invention.
Accompanying drawing 15 is the process flow diagrams that are used for reconfiguring based on accelerometer the exemplary processes of multimedia interface of setting forth according to one embodiment of the invention.
Accompanying drawing 16 is the process flow diagrams based on the exemplary processes of accelerometer play multimedia content of being used for of setting forth according to one embodiment of the invention.
Accompanying drawing 17 is elaboration process flow diagrams according to the exemplary processes of the power management that is used for portable set of one embodiment of the invention.
Accompanying drawing 18 is the process flow diagrams of exemplary processes that are used to handle password of setting forth according to one embodiment of the invention.
Accompanying drawing 19 be set forth according to one embodiment of the invention be used to utilize accelerometer to rebuild the process flow diagram of the exemplary processes of movement locus.
Accompanying drawing 20 is the block schemes of setting forth the exemplary portable device that has accelerometer according to an embodiment of the invention.
Accompanying drawing 21 is block schemes of the digital processing system that can use with one embodiment of the present of invention.
Accompanying drawing 22 be set forth according to one embodiment of the invention be used to utilize accelerometer to carry out the process flow diagram of the exemplary processes of motion compensation.
Accompanying drawing 23 be set forth according to one embodiment of the invention be used to utilize accelerometer to detect the process flow diagram of the exemplary processes of impacting.
Accompanying drawing 24 is the process flow diagrams of exemplary processes of parts that are used to utilize accelerometer operation portable set of setting forth according to one embodiment of the invention.
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This instructions has been described the method and apparatus based on accelerometer operation portable set.According to some embodiment, accelerometer has been applied in the portable set, such as for example laptop computer, touch-screen PC, PDA(Personal Digital Assistant), cell phone and digital multimedia player etc.In case accelerometer detects the motion of portable set, just determines direction of motion based on the exercise data that accelerometer provided, be also referred to as motion vector or acceleration.Direction of motion and/or exercise data can be provided for the software component of carrying out (for example application software) in portable set.In response to the motion that detects portable set, corresponding software component is based on carrying out the configurable action of one or more predetermined user by direction of motion and/or exercise data that accelerometer provided, such as for example page on document etc.
In ensuing description, set forth many details, to provide the present invention is more comprehensively explained.Yet it will be apparent to one skilled in the art that can not need these details and implement the present invention.In other cases, for fear of making the present invention too obscure, represent known structure and equipment, rather than describe with details with the form of block scheme.
Some part in the following specific descriptions is to provide with the algorithm of the operation on the data bit in the computer memory and the mode of symbolic representation.These arthmetic statements and expression are the modes that the data processing field technician is used for transmitting to other those skilled in the art most effectively their work purport.Algorithm is considered to cause the coherent sequence of steps of expected result here and usually.These steps are those steps that need the physics control of physical quantity.Although usually not necessarily, this tittle is the electric signal or the magnetic signal form that can be stored, transmit, make up, compare and control.In principle, for versatility, verified is these signal indications that position, value, element, symbol, character, term, numeral etc. are easily.
Yet what should keep firmly in mind is that all these and similar term will be associated with suitable physical quantity, and only are the appropriate flags that is applied to these physical quantitys.Unless otherwise indicated, otherwise from following discussion, obviously can see, in whole instructions, utilize discussion such as " processings " or " calculatings " or " computing " or " determining " or terms such as " demonstrations " to be meant the action and the process that are expressed as interior other data that are represented as physical quantity similarly of the data that physics (electronics) measures and the storer that converts them to computer system or register or other this type of information storages, transmission or display device that the RS of control computer system of computer system or similar electronic computing device is interior.
The invention still further relates to the device that is used to carry out the operation here.This device can be used for the purpose of needs by particular configuration, and perhaps it can comprise the multi-purpose computer that is optionally started or reconfigured by the computer program that is stored in the computing machine.Such computer program can be stored in the computer-readable recording medium, such as but be not limited to the dish of any type, comprise floppy disk, CD, CD-ROM and magneto-optic disk, ROM (read-only memory) (ROM), random-access memory (ram), erasable programmable ROM (EPROM), electrically erasable ROM (EEPROM), magnetic or optical card or be suitable for the medium of any type of store electricity instruction, and each all is connected to computer system bus.
Represented herein algorithm is not related with any certain computer or other devices in essence with demonstration.Different general-purpose systems can be with using according to the program of instructing in the literary composition, and perhaps can confirm to construct more special device is very easily to carry out required method step.Desired structure for multiple these systems will provide in the following description.In addition, the present invention does not set forth with reference to any specific programming language.Should be appreciated that multiple programming language can be used to realize the instruction of the present invention described in the literary composition.
Machine readable media comprises any mechanism that is used for the storage of machine (for example computing machine) readable format or the information of transmission.For example, machine readable media comprises ROM (read-only memory) (" ROM "); Random access memory (" RAM "); Magnetic disk storage medium; Optical storage medium; Flash memory device; Electricity, light, sound or other forms of transmitting signal (for example carrier wave, infrared signal, digital signal etc.); Deng.
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Accompanying drawing 1 is the block scheme of elaboration according to the example architecture of the portable set of one embodiment of the invention.In one embodiment, example system 100 comprises but is not only limited to processor; Be connected to the storer of processor, memory stores has instruction; And the accelerometer that is connected to processor and storer, be used to detect the motion of portable set, wherein in response to the motion that detects portable set, processor is carried out the instruction from storer, to realize the configurable action of one or more predetermined user.In an optional embodiment, example system 100 further comprises the controller that is connected to accelerometer, be used for based on determining direction of motion by the exercise data that accelerometer provided, and determined direction of motion and predetermined direction are compared, to determine whether determined direction mates predetermined direction relatively, so that execution command.
With reference to accompanying drawing 1, according to an embodiment, example system 100 comprises one or more accelerometers 101, the one or more controller 102 of accelerometer 101, firmware 103, motion software composition 104 and one or more application software 105-107 relevant with motion of being connected to.Accelerometer 101 can be installed on the portable set, on the mainboard that for example is installed to portable set.Alternatively, accelerometer 101 can be integrated with another assembly of portable set.For example, accelerometer 101 can be integrated with the chipset of portable set.
According to an embodiment, accelerometer 101 can detect the motion of portable set, comprises quickening and/or deceleration.Accelerometer 101 can produce exercise data for a plurality of dimensions, and these exercise datas can be used to determine the direction of motion of portable set.For example, when accelerometer 101 detected portable set and is moved, accelerometer 101 can produce X, Y and Z axis acceleration information.In one embodiment, accelerometer 101 may be implemented as the U.S. Patent No. 6,520 in the commonly-assigned us that is transferred to the application, those equipment described in 013.Alternatively, can utilize commercial available various accelerometers to realize accelerometer 101.For example, accelerometer 101 can be from the KGF01 accelerometer of Kionix or from the ADXL311 accelerometer of Analog Devices Inc (Analog Devices).
In addition, example system 100 comprises one or more controllers 102 that are connected to accelerometer 101.Controller 102 can be used to calculate the direction of motion of portable set, and direction of motion is also referred to as motion vector.The exercise data (for example X, Y and Z axle movable information) that can be provided based on accelerometer 101 is determined motion vector according to one or more predetermined formulas.Some embodiment of calculating kinematical vector will describe in further detail hereinafter.
According to an embodiment, controller 102 is responsible for one or more outputs of monitoring acceleration meters 101, and with other assembly of portable set-such as for example chipset (for example Memory Controller or north bridge) and/or microprocessor (for example CPU)-communicate by letter.Controller 102 can utilize commercial available multiple microcontroller to realize.For example, controller 102 can be the PIC 16F818 microcontroller from Microchip company.Controller 102 can be integrated with accelerometer 101.Alternatively, controller 102 can with other assemblies of portable set-such as for example chipset or microprocessor-integrated.
In one embodiment, controller 102 can pass through bus-such as I2C (inter-IC) bus-and interrupt line and other component communication.In response to exercise data, to other assemblies-produce to interrupt such as firmware 103-, for example hardware interrupts, software interruption or the combination of the two is to circulate a notice of such motion to other assemblies via interrupt line for controller 102.In addition, controller 102 can be further based on the exercise data calculating kinematical vector that is provided by accelerometer 101.The details of other communication between components of relevant controlling device 102 and portable set will further describe hereinafter.
Turn back to accompanying drawing 1, motion firmware 103 comprises one or more nextport hardware component NextPorts that can be embedded in portable set-such as one or more snippets machine executable code of for example controller 102 or chipset (for example the part of BIOS, BIOS is also referred to as basic input/output)-Nei.In one embodiment, motion firmware 103 can be stored in the ROM (read-only memory) (ROM) (for example flash memory) of controller 102.Yet, can upload in the storer by upgrading version, for example utilize the machine executable code of flash application program (flash utility) motion firmware of upgrading 103.Firmware 103 can be responsible for detecting any incident that produces in response to motion detection.According to an embodiment, firmware 103 provides other assemblies of controller 102 and portable set-such as the main communication mechanism between for example operating system (OS).
Motion software 104 can be responsible for motion firmware 103 and other software components-such as the communication between application software composition 105-107-and the operating system.In one embodiment, motion software 104 may be implemented as the part of operating system, such as core component of for example device driver etc.Operating system can realize with commercial available several operation systems.For example, operating system can be the Mac OS of Apple Computer (Apple Computers) company.Alternatively, operating system can be the Windows operating system of Microsoft (Microsoft) company.Other operating systems-such as for example Unix, Linux, embedded OS (for example Palm OS) or real time operating system-also can be implemented.
According to an embodiment, in response to can be by the motion detection event of motion firmware 103 notice, motion software composition 104 can be to one or more application software 105-107 this incident of communicating by letter.In response to detection, application software 105-107 can carry out some operation.Application program 105-107 can be multiple different application program, such as for example browser, word processor, lantern slide demonstration etc.Some embodiment of the operation that application program 105-107 is performed will describe in further detail hereinafter.
Accompanying drawing 2 is to set forth being used in response to operating the process flow diagram of the exemplary processes of portable set by incident that accelerometer produced according to one embodiment of the invention.Exemplary processes 200 can be carried out by processing logic, and processing logic can comprise hardware (circuit, special logic etc.), software (such as the software that operates on the custom-built machine), perhaps both combinations.In one embodiment, exemplary processes 200 comprises but is not only limited to the motion that utilizes the accelerometer that is installed in portable set to detect portable set, and moves machine executable code to carry out the configurable action of one or more predetermined user in response to the motion that detects portable set.
With reference to accompanying drawing 2, in square frame 201, utilize the accelerometer (for example accelerometer of accompanying drawing 1) be installed on the portable set to detect portable set-such as the motion of for example laptop computer or touch-screen PC-.In one embodiment, in response to detection, accelerometer can produce exercise data for a plurality of dimensions (for example X, Y and Z axle).In response to detection, in square frame 202, based on determining travel direction by the exercise data that accelerometer provided.In one embodiment, determine direction of motion by controller (for example controller 102 in the accompanying drawing 1).In response to determined direction, in square frame 203, one or more snippets machine executable code (for example application software) can be performed, to finish the configurable action of one or more predetermined user, such as the webpage etc. that for example advances.Other operations also can be performed.
Determine directed based on accelerometer
According to one embodiment of present invention, the accelerometer of portable set can be continuously or is periodically monitored the motion of portable set.Therefore, can be based on determining before the motion and the orientation of portable set after the motion by being installed in the exercise data that accelerometer provided on the portable set.
Accompanying drawing 3A and 3B are the figure that sets forth according to the exemplary application that can utilize accelerometer of one embodiment of the invention.In this embodiment, and in whole application, touch panel device is used as the example of portable set.But portable set has more than and is limited to this.Should be realized that, also can use other portable sets, such as laptop computer, PDA(Personal Digital Assistant), personal communicator (for example blackberry of Research In Motion company), cell phone or multimedia player (for example MP3 player) etc.
With reference to accompanying drawing 3A and 3B, at first according to an embodiment, portable set is in orientation 301, wherein the display document page 303 on the display screen of portable set.In directed 301, from the user's viewpoint towards given directed 301 display screen, document file page 303 correctly shown, wherein directed 301 can degree of being accelerated meter and controller cycle associated therewith ground or detect continuously and determine.
When portable set is moved, for example move and finish directed 302 according to moving direction 304, accelerometer (accelerometer 101 in the accompanying drawing 1) can detect this motion.In response to detection, controller (for example controller 102 in the accompanying drawing 1) can be determined direction of motion based on the exercise data that accelerometer provided, and the suitable assembly of notice portable set is such as the firmware 103 in the accompanying drawing 1 for example, motion software 104 and/or application program 105-107.This notice can be by interrupting or being implemented by one or more registers of pulling out controller and/or accelerometer.In addition, controller can further be determined the orientation of motion back portable set.
According to an embodiment, in response to notice, can be according to the directed orientation of adjusting document file page 303 of determined post exercise, shown in accompanying drawing 3B.In one embodiment, the orientation of shown document file page can be adjusted after motion, thus with motion oriented phase before to consistent.Therefore, although the orientation of portable set changes, it is relatively consistent that the orientation of shown document file page still keeps, especially on the user's of the display screen of portable set viewpoint.
In this embodiment, the adjustment of the orientation of document file page 303 can realize by the display driving software (for example video driver) that shown data (for example document file page) is sent to the display screen of portable set.Alternatively, the original application program software (for example application program 105-107 of accompanying drawing 1) that Ding Xiang adjustment can be by providing document file page 303 (browser of webpage for example is provided or the word processor of document file page is provided) is realized.Notice that the direction of motion 304 shown in accompanying drawing 3A and the 3B just is used for illustrative purposes.Other direction of motion, those direction of motion shown in accompanying drawing 5A or their combination also can be implemented.In addition, just to illustrative purposes, shown in accompanying drawing 3A and 3B, portable set is spent to anticlockwise 90.Portable set can be rotated, translation or the two or a plurality of dimension and with the combination of arbitrary motion step-length.
Accompanying drawing 4 is the process flow diagrams that are used for redirecting based on accelerometer the example processor of displayed document according to one embodiment of the invention.Exemplary processes 400 can be carried out by processing logic, and wherein processing logic can comprise hardware (circuit, special logic etc.), software (such as the software that operates on the custom-built machine) or the combination of the two.In one embodiment, exemplary processes 400 comprises but is not only limited to the motion that utilizes the accelerometer that is installed to portable set to detect portable set, based on the orientation of determining motion back portable set by exercise data that accelerometer provided, and according to motion before the oriented phase of image consistent orientation is presented at image on the display screen of portable set.
With reference to accompanying drawing 4,, utilize the accelerometer that is installed to portable set to detect portable set since the first directed motion at square frame 401.Responsively, at square frame 402, based on by exercise data that accelerometer provides, such as X, Y and Z axis information, direction of motion is determined.In one embodiment, can determine by the controller that is connected to accelerometer (for example controller 102 in the accompanying drawing 1) execution.Can determine direction of motion according to one or more predetermined formulas.At square frame 403, after motion, can be based on second orientation of determining portable set by the exercise data that accelerometer provided.At square frame 404, can be based on the determined second directed orientation of adjusting the displayed document page.In one embodiment, the orientation of the displayed document page can be adjusted, make adjusted document file page orientation with the motion before oriented phase to consistent, especially on user's viewpoint.Other operation also can be performed.
Show the different document page based on accelerometer
Whether according to another embodiment of the present invention, accelerometer can be used to detect the motion of portable set, can display document or the mode of the image page as triggering.For example, when portable set when predetermined direction is moved (for example unexpected motion), accelerometer can detect this motion, and application software can show specific webpage in response to detecting motion.
Accompanying drawing 5A is the figure of exemplary motion that can be used to trigger the portable set that document file page shows that sets forth according to one embodiment of the invention.For example, with reference to accompanying drawing 5A, first page of document is displayed on the display screen 507 of portable set 500.When portable set 500 was moved on some direction, the accelerometer (for example accelerometer 101 of accompanying drawing 1) that is installed to portable set 500 can detect such motion.In response to detection, accelerometer can notify other assemblies via relevant controller, firmware and/or operating system, such as application software, and especially notice provides the assembly of first page of the document that just is being shown.
In a particular embodiment, accelerometer can notification controller (for example controller 102 in the accompanying drawing 1), comprises exercise data (for example X, Y and Z axle) is provided.Controller and/or firmware can be based on the motion vectors that is calculated motion by the exercise data that accelerometer provided.Thereafter, controller can be to other assemblies-such as motion software composition (for example motion software 104) and/or operating system-transmission signal.Motion software and/or operating system can compare motion vector and predetermined direction, to determine motion vector mate relative with predetermined direction whether, for example determine based on predetermined threshold.
In one embodiment, predetermined direction and the threshold value (for example sensitivity) that is associated with this predetermined direction can be disposed by user interface by the user.This sensitivity can be based on differently contoured configuration that is associated with portable set in preset time and place.For example, when portable set is positioned at family/office, is positioned on the platform (for example automobile, train, steamer or aircraft etc.) of motion with it and compares, the sensitivity of portable set can be different.In another embodiment, portable set can comprise the mechanism that filters out some " noisy " movement background intelligently.
If motion vector mates predetermined direction relatively, then can notify relevant application software.In response, associated application software can be carried out some operation, is included in demonstration second page different with first page on the display screen.
In one embodiment, second page of document can be the following one page or the prevpage of document.Document can be by word processor-such as the word or file of the word processor of Microsoft Office-created.Alternatively, document can be by browser-such as the webpage of the Internet-browser (Internet Explorer) of Microsoft or the Netscape communicator of Netscape Communications-presented.In addition, document can be that lantern slide shows, and is for example shown by the Keynote of the PowerPoint of Microsoft or Apple Computer.
With reference to accompanying drawing 5A, direction of motion can comprise and the parallel direction of motion of portable device surface (for example display surface 507 of portable set), shown in direction 501 and 502.Alternatively, direction of motion can comprise portable set with respect to be parallel to the portable set edge rotation of axis at (for example edge 505 and 506), shown in direction 503 and 504.And the direction of motion of portable set can be the combination of above-mentioned direction.For example, motion can be the multidimensional rotation with respect to the angle of portable set 500.Also can use the motion of other type.
Accompanying drawing 5B is the figure of exemplary motion that can be used to trigger the portable set that document file page shows that sets forth according to a present invention optional embodiment.In this embodiment, portable set 551 can be placed on the supporting plane 552.In addition, the application software that operates in the portable set 551 can be configured to " default " pattern.When the power of burst was applied to stayed surface 552, the power of burst caused the vibration of supporting plane 552.The power of burst can be rapped (tabbing) supporting plane 552 by the user and is provided.
In response to the vibration of stayed surface 552, the accelerometer that is installed to portable set 551 can detect this vibration.In response to detection, accelerometer can be by firmware and/or the relevant application software of controller untill further notice.In response, following one page, page up or specific page that application software can display document, this can be disposed by user interface by the user.When portable set was placed on the table or is suspended with presentation projector, this was particularly useful.The user who demonstrates can rap following one page that desk advances to demonstration simply, and needn't be by the key (for example " Enter " key or space bar) or the mouse of the keyboard of portable set.
Accompanying drawing 6 is the process flow diagrams based on the exemplary processes of accelerometer display document of setting forth according to one embodiment of the invention.Exemplary processes 600 can be carried out by processing logic, and processing logic can comprise hardware (circuit, special logic etc.), software (such as the software that operates on the custom-built machine) or the combination of these two.In one embodiment, exemplary processes 600 comprises but first page that is not only limited to document is presented on the display screen of portable set, utilization is installed to the motion of the accelerometer detection portable set of portable set, and shows second document file page that is different from first page in response to detecting motion.
With reference to accompanying drawing 6,, utilize the accelerometer that is installed to portable set to detect the motion of portable set at square frame 601.In response to detection, in square frame 602,, determine the direction of motion of motion based on by exercise data, for example X, Y, Z axis information that accelerometer provided.In one embodiment, can determine direction of motion by controller that is associated and/or the firmware that is associated.At square frame 603, determine direction of motion mate relative whether with predetermined direction.If coupling, then at square frame 604, the associated application software that notice is moved in the portable set that shows first document file page.In response, at square frame 605, application software shows and first page, second document file page inequality.Other operation also can be performed.
Navigation application based on accelerometer
According to another embodiment of the present invention, accelerometer can be used to navigation application.For example, the portable set that accelerometer wherein is housed can be used as navigational tool, with big object or the document in the display screen that can not once intactly be presented at portable set usually that navigates.
Accompanying drawing 7A and 7B set forth the figure that uses according to the exemplary navigation based on accelerometer of one embodiment of the invention.In such an embodiment, originally the part of map is shown, shown in accompanying drawing 7A.Map can not intactly be presented in the display screen of portable set 700 as a whole with certain the level of detail usually.For example, when user's " amplification " map, have only a part of map to be displayed on the screen.When user's navigation spreaded all over the first of map, the user may wish to navigate to gradually from first the second portion of map.
According to an embodiment, the user who holds portable set 700 can be towards the direction of the desired navigation of user, for example according to direction 703 (for example being example with the northeastward) mobile portable equipment 700.In response to motion, the accelerometer that is installed to portable set 700 can detect such motion.Accelerometer can provide exercise data (for example X, Y and Z axis information) for the controller and/or the firmware of portable set.Controller that is associated and/or firmware can utilize one or more predetermined formulas based on by the exercise data that accelerometer provided, and calculate direction of motion and/or move distance.Thereafter, controller and/or firmware can pass to direction of motion the current associated application software that map just is being provided.
In response, application software can be based on the second portion of being determined map by direction of motion that controller and/or firmware provided, move distance and/or acceleration of motion data.Correspondingly, application software shows second portion subsequently.Therefore, the user needn't push and/or button click with the other parts of navigation map.Notice that illustrated direction of motion 703 just for illustrative purposes.Other direction also can be employed arbitrarily.
In one embodiment, the second portion of map can be by showing from first's transition.That is to say that a plurality of center sections between first and the second portion can be shown in proper order, to constitute the transition from the first to the second portion.Therefore, second portion little by little " enters " display screen of portable set.According to an embodiment, the transition from the first to the second portion is shown, just as user's mobile portable equipment and map keeps stable on bigger map.In such an embodiment, transition is shown, just as the user holds portable set as amplifier navigate big map, big newspaper or webpage etc.
According to another embodiment, some motion can be used to " amplification " or " dwindling " shown page.For example, the motion that is parallel to portable device surface (for example display surface) can be used to the to navigate different piece of display page, and the rotation of portable set can be used to amplify or dwindle display page, this can change the resolution of display page.For example, the user can be inclined upwardly portable set with as the mode of dwindling, and can downward-sloping portable set with as the mode of amplifying.The combination of other direction of motion, those directions shown in accompanying drawing 5A or those directions also can be utilized.
According to another embodiment, above-mentioned technology can be used in the reality environment.In one embodiment, the accelerometer conduct that allows the user to use portable display device to assemble enters the light and controlled window of virtual reality image data base.For example, the user who holds touch panel device can turn to and see the scene that the position from two dimension or 3-D view or object database is seen backward, just as the user strolls in the reality-virtualizing game space.According to another embodiment, the user can realize the observation of image panorama, and wherein the scene of different directions is provided by a plurality of cameras that point to different directions from single position.
Accompanying drawing 8 is the process flow diagrams based on the exemplary processes of accelerometer navigation picture of setting forth according to one embodiment of the invention.Exemplary processes 800 can be carried out by processing logic, and processing logic can comprise hardware (circuit, special logic etc.), software (such as the software that operates on the custom-built machine) or both combinations.In one embodiment, exemplary processes 800 comprises but is not only limited to the motion first of the display document page on the display screen of portable set before, if and determined direction of motion is relative with predetermined direction mates, then on the display screen of portable set, show the second portion of the document file page that is different from first.
With reference to accompanying drawing 8, at square frame 801, the first of image (for example part of the map shown in the accompanying drawing 7A) is displayed on the display screen of portable set.Image can be the part of panoramic picture, virtual reality image data base, 3 d image data storehouse or the environment that is made of the input of multi-section camera etc.At square frame 802, utilize the accelerometer that is installed to portable set to detect the motion of portable set.In response to detection, at square frame 803, based on calculating direction of motion by the exercise data (for example X, Y and Z axis information) that accelerometer provided.In one embodiment, in response to detection, accelerometer sends to relevant controller and/or firmware with exercise data.Controller and/or firmware can calculate direction of motion based on exercise data.Alternatively, the calculating of direction of motion can be by other assemblies of portable set-such as the operating system-execution of the motion software assembly 104 and/or the portable set of for example accompanying drawing 1.At square frame 804, based on the second portion of determined direction of motion display image.In one embodiment, a plurality of center sections of image can be shown, and these center sections constitute the transition from the first to the second portion.Second portion be shown as portable set in motion and shown image keeps stable.Other operation also can be performed.
Recreation based on accelerometer is used
According to another embodiment of the present invention, accelerometer can be used to recreation and use, and wherein accelerometer can be used to detect the scene conversion of video-game run duration on portable set.
Accompanying drawing 9A and 9B set forth the figure that uses based on the exemplary game of accelerometer according to an embodiment of the invention.In this embodiment, as example, the user is just holding portable set 900 as bearing circle, just looks like that the user just drives a car in the face of first scene 901.When the user towards a direction, when moving (for example rotation) portable set such as for example direction 903, shown scene can be changed and be second scene shown in the accompanying drawing 9B.
According to an embodiment, when the user who holds portable set 900 moved according to direction 903, the accelerometer that is installed to portable set detected such motion.Accelerometer can offer exercise data (for example X, Y and Z axis information) controller and/or the firmware of portable set.Based on by the exercise data that accelerometer provided, relevant controller and/or firmware can utilize one or more predetermined formulas to calculate direction of motion.Subsequently, controller and/or firmware can pass to the current dependent game application software that recreation just is being provided with direction of motion and/or move distance or acceleration.
In response, game application software can be based on second scene of being determined recreation by direction of motion that controller and/or firmware provided, move distance and/or acceleration of motion.Correspondingly, game application software shows second scene subsequently.Therefore, in order to change the scene of recreation, the user needn't push and/or button click.Notice that illustrated direction of motion 903 just is used for illustrative purposes.Any other direction also can be employed.
In one embodiment, second scene of recreation can be shown by the transition from first scene.That is to say that a plurality of middle scene between first scene and second scene can be shown in proper order, to constitute the transition from first scene to second scene.Therefore, second scene little by little " enters " in the display screen of portable set.
According to another embodiment, some motion can be detected, as automobile acceleration that makes operation and/or the mode of slowing down.For example, when portable set was inclined upwardly (for example be similar to and open the throttle), shown scene can become the acceleration of display automobile.Similarly, when portable set downward-sloping (for example be similar to and touch on the brake), shown scene can become the deceleration of display automobile.
In addition, whether the accelerometer motion that can be used to detect portable set exceeds some threshold value.If exceed, the configurable action of then one or more predetermined user can be performed.For example, in driving recreation, when the user was sailed out of highway with automobile, alert message can be delivered to the user and be used for such indication.
Accompanying drawing 10A and 10B set forth the figure that uses according to the exemplary game based on accelerometer of another embodiment of the present invention.In this embodiment, the user just holding be built-in with accelerometer portable set as automobile steering wheel.Shown in accompanying drawing 10A, when scene comprises crooked road left,, require user's sense of rotation dish left in order to rest on the road.The accelerometer that is installed to portable set can be used to detect whether portable set (for example bearing circle) correspondingly has been rotated and the anglec of rotation and the distance whether suitable.
Do not rotate or rotate inadequately if detect the rotation of portable set, then Xiang Guan game application software can be carried out some predetermined action.For example, game application can produce warning to the user, such as the vibration of for example portable set or voice alarm or the like.In addition, the scene that leaves the road can be shown.Reach a period of time and do not have the road pavement situation to make a response if detect the user, then the scene of Zhuan Cheing can correspondingly be shown.
According to some embodiment, other direction of motion can be used to " look up " and " looking down " from the user's who holds portable set viewpoint.For example, in the flight recreation, the user may hold portable set, and just as the user is starting flight object (for example aircraft), wherein accelerometer can be used to detect the motion of portable set, so that determine where the flight object is will towards.For example, when portable set was inclined upwardly, the flight object rose, and when portable set was downward-sloping, the flight object descended.Other directions, can be used to make the flight object any direction that flies to such as for example those directions shown in the accompanying drawing 5A or their combination.
Equally, in the foundation shooting game of an embodiment, can be used to look up, look down and/or the motion seen towards periphery except above-mentioned, the vertical movement of the display surface that is parallel to portable set of portable set can be used to detect the user to be in the firing point of standing or to conceal the position.For example, when moving down portable set, the protection obstacle can be shown and cuts out, and holds portable set with expression and conceals after the protection obstacle as the user of projectile weapon.When moving up portable set, the protection obstacle can be removed and expose the adversary, is in the firing point that does not have protection with the expression user.Other game configuration also can exist.
Accompanying drawing 11 is the process flow diagrams based on the exemplary processes of the game application of accelerometer of setting forth according to one embodiment of the invention.Exemplary processes 1100 can be carried out by processing logic, and processing logic can comprise hardware (circuit, special logic etc.), software (such as the software that operates on the custom-built machine) or the combination of the two.In one embodiment, exemplary processes 1100 comprise but be not only limited to that demonstration is seen from user's viewpoint, towards this from first scene to a series of images of the second scene direction transition; Whether the motion that detects portable set is consistent with the direction that changing direction of seeing from the family viewpoint is associated; And if, then carry out scheduled operation according to not detecting motion with the direction that is associated of changing direction.
With reference to accompanying drawing 11, at square frame 1101, a series of images from first scene change to second scene (for example driving recreation) is displayed on the display screen of portable set.At square frame 1102, utilize the accelerometer that is installed to portable set to detect the motion of portable set.At square frame 1103, based on the direction of motion of determining portable set by the exercise data that accelerometer provided.In one embodiment, direction of motion is determined by controller that is connected to accelerometer and/or firmware, is similar to the configuration shown in the accompanying drawing 1.In response to determined direction of motion, in square frame 1104, one or more scheduled operations-such as the vibration that for example causes portable set, produce audio alert or the combination of the two-can be performed.Other operation also can be performed.
Based on accelerometer startup/de-energisation equipment
According to another embodiment of the present invention, accelerometer can be used to detect the motion of portable set, and can determine the orientation of portable set based on exercise data that accelerometer provided.Thereafter, can be directed and start or one or more interfaces of de-energisation portable set based on determined post exercise.
Accompanying drawing 12A and 12B are the figure based on the exemplary scheme of the interface of accelerometer startup/de-energisation portable set that sets forth according to one embodiment of the invention.In this embodiment, shown in the configuration 1201 of accompanying drawing 12A, a plurality of interface 1204-1207 are set at a plurality of positions of portable set.As example, interface 1204-1207 is described to wave point in the text, such as for example antenna or wireless transceiver.Should be appreciated that other interface also can be employed.
With reference to accompanying drawing 12A, for given directed 1201, document 1203 is shown at first.According to an embodiment, when the user when directed 1201 lift portable set, the accelerometer that is installed to portable set can detect such motion, and determines directed 1201 by correlation control unit that is connected to accelerometer shown in the similar accompanying drawing 1 and/or firmware.By determined orientation, can determine under directed 1201 situation, wave point 1204 and 1205 is in the optimum position (for example receiving and/or send the strongest signal) that sends and/or receive wireless signal, and wave point 1206-1207 is in more weak position relatively.Therefore, wave point 1204-1205 can be activated, and wave point 1206-1207 can be de-energized alternatively.
When portable set is moved, for example revolve and turn 90 degrees according to direction 1208, portable set may be parked in different orientation 1202, shown in accompanying drawing 12B.The accelerometer that is installed to portable set can detect such motion, and exercise data is transferred to other assembly of above-mentioned portable set.Except as above with reference to the described orientation of keeping document file page of accompanying drawing 3A and 3B and motion predetermination to relative as one man be shown, wave point 1204-1207 can be reappraised, and whether remains best configuration to determine existing configuration for the post exercise orientation.
In this embodiment, the wave point of supposing portable set top and bottom is considered to the optimum position.After motion (for example, a left side turn 90 degrees), the wave point 1204-1205 that is in the optimum position at first may no longer be in the optimum position.On the contrary, originally not the wave point 1206-1207 in the optimum position may be in the optimum position now.Therefore, in response to detecting motion and definite post exercise orientation, wave point 1206 and 1207 can be activated, and shown in runic, this is because they are in the optimum position.Equally, wave point 1204-1205 can be de-energized, because they no longer are in the optimum position.
In addition, except whether the detection portable set is moved, also based on determining by the exercise data that accelerometer provided whether portable set is picked up or held by the user.In one embodiment, like this determine and to carry out by controller that is connected to accelerometer that is similar to the structure shown in the accompanying drawing 1 and/or firmware.Held by the user if determine portable set, then can further determine or predict the position of the user's who holds portable set hand 1208-1209.
For example, in the orientation shown in the accompanying drawing 12A 1201, after the position of the hand of predictive user, one or more wave points that may be hidden by hand 1208-1209-can be de-energized such as wave point 1207 and 1208-.Equally, in the post exercise orientation 1202 shown in the accompanying drawing 12B, wave point 1204 and 1205 can be de-energized, and is hidden by user's hand because predict them.
Accompanying drawing 13 is to set forth the process flow diagram that is used for according to an embodiment of the invention based on the exemplary processes of the interface of accelerometer operation portable set.Exemplary processes 1300 can be carried out by processing logic, and wherein processing logic can comprise hardware (circuit, special logic etc.), software (such as the software that operates on the custom-built machine) or the combination of the two.In one embodiment, exemplary processes 1300 comprises but is not only limited to the motion that utilizes the accelerometer that is installed to portable set to detect portable set, based on the orientation of determining the post exercise portable set by the exercise data that accelerometer provided, and optimal at least one interface under the situation of determine orientation that starts portable set.
With reference to accompanying drawing 13, at square frame 1301, utilize the accelerometer be installed to portable set to detect the motion of portable set, wherein portable set comprises and is arranged on a plurality of locational a plurality of interfaces (for example wave point).At square frame 1302, based on the orientation of determining motion back portable set by the exercise data that accelerometer provided.At square frame 1303, alternatively, based on determining by the exercise data that accelerometer provided whether portable set is picked up or held by the user.If, the position of then predicting the user's who holds portable set hand.At square frame 1304, based on determined orientation, one or more interfaces can be activated or de-energisation.Alternatively, the user's that some the is predicted interface that hand hid can be de-energized, and those do not have covered interface to be activated.Other operations also can be performed.
According to an embodiment, above-mentioned technology also can be applied to the multimedia interface of portable set.Accompanying drawing 14A and 14B are the block diagrams of setting forth the exemplary scheme of the multimedia interface that utilizes accelerometer startup/de-energisation portable set according to an embodiment of the invention.In this embodiment, as example, one or more loudspeakers are used as the multimedia interface of portable set.With reference to accompanying drawing 14A, portable set comprises a plurality of loudspeaker 1405-1408 on the diverse location that is arranged on portable set, and the display document page 1403 on the display screen of portable set alternatively.In the orientation 1401 before motion, consider the loudspeaker 1405-1406 in left side and the loudspeaker 1407-1408 on right side, can dispose audio driver to produce suitable 3D surround sound.When portable set is moved, for example revolve and turn 90 degrees according to direction of motion 1404, be associated controller and/or the firmware by accelerometer and accelerometer detects and determines second orientation 1402, shown in accompanying drawing 14B.
In response to detection, except as above with reference to the accompanying drawings the orientation of the described maintenance document file page 1403 of 3A and 3B with the motion before oriented phase to as one man being shown, can being reappraised in the position of loudspeaker 1405-1408, whether remains best configuration to determine existing configuration for the post exercise orientation.In this example, shown in accompanying drawing 14B, initial left speaker 1405 and 1406 is positioned at the bottom, and initial right speaker 1407 and 1408 is positioned at the top.Thereby existing sound condition changes, and sound effect no longer is in optimum condition.Therefore, audio driver may be reconfigured to produce and portable set motion relative suitable sound quality before.For example, loudspeaker 1405 and 1407 can be used as left speaker, and loudspeaker 1406 and 1408 can be used as right speaker, so that produce suitable sound effect.Other configurations also can exist.
Accompanying drawing 15 is to set forth the process flow diagram that is used for reconfiguring based on accelerometer the exemplary processes of multimedia interface according to an embodiment of the invention.Exemplary processes 1500 can be carried out by processing logic, and processing logic can comprise hardware (circuit, special logic etc.), software (such as the software that operates on the custom-built machine) or the combination of the two.With reference to accompanying drawing 15, at square frame 1501, utilize the accelerometer that is installed to portable set to detect the motion of portable set, wherein portable set comprises a plurality of multimedia interface or equipment that are arranged on diverse location.At square frame 1502, based on determine portable set post exercise orientation by the exercise data that accelerometer provided.At square frame 1503, can be alternatively based on determined directed the startup or the one or more multimedia interfaces of de-energisation.At square frame 1504, drive one or more multimedia equipments, under the directed situation in determined motion back, to produce optimum efficiency.Other operations also can be performed.
Although in this article with wave point and audio interface as example, have more than and be limited to this two kinds of interfaces.The interface of other types-such as for example video interface, microphone and camera-also can be employed.
According to some embodiment of the present invention, some equipment has only that certain is directed or could suitably be used when being positioned at directed different directed when being used usually with it when machine is positioned at.For example, medium insert and may require equipment to be placed so that access to be provided by edge-on placement or face down.Ejecting medium may need equipment to be placed by edge-on placement or face down, to prevent that medium from being hindered or the ground of dropping.
For example, according to an embodiment, the user can start the ejection (for example CD from CD ROM equipment eject) of medium from media device or assembly by pressing button or other control.Equipment is prepared to eject medium or unload disk etc.At this moment, utilize the accelerometer be installed to portable set, control the control module of this equipment or application software and can detect portable set and be not in the position that is suitable for ejecting medium.Therefore, equipment can wait for that the unit is positioned in position or orientation by periodically or continuously reading the acceleration information from accelerometer.In addition, with the application software of device association can announcement apparatus user's (for example Pop-up message or audible alert etc.) equipment need be in some position to finish user's request.In case equipment is in suitable orientation, institute's requested operation can be performed (for example ejecting medium).
Similarly, according to another embodiment, if the user does not redirect the unit, then accelerometer can be used to abort operation.If equipment is not repositioned onto suitable in a period of time or preposition, then equipment can be cancelled institute's requested operation or provide further instruction to the user.According to another embodiment, accelerometer can be used to detect directed, perhaps in order to enable and/or forbid the input equipment that is installed in equipment side or bottom.For example, can have ejector button in the bottom of equipment, this button is disabled when equipment is erect.Like this, the user places equipment on the table or on user's the knee time, this button is not activated.
Accompanying drawing 24 is the process flow diagrams of setting forth the exemplary processes of startup according to another embodiment of the present invention or de-energisation equipment.Exemplary processes can be carried out by processing logic, and processing logic can comprise hardware (circuit, special logic etc.), software (such as the software that operates on the custom-built machine) or the combination of the two.With reference to the accompanying drawings 24, at square frame 2401, be used for the assembly of portable set is received (for example, ejecting portable memory apparatus) from the request that first running status transforms to second running status.At square frame 2402, utilize the accelerometer that is installed to portable set, determine whether portable set is positioned according to the predetermined orientation that is suitable for second running status.
At square frame 2403, if determine that based on the acceleration information that accelerometer provided portable set is positioned according to predetermined orientation or position, then the assembly of portable set is transformed to second running status (for example, opening the pallet of CD ROM) subsequently from first running status.Yet, if portable set is not in preposition or orientation, then at square frame 2404, the conversion of being asked is rejected or hangs up, thereby makes the assembly of portable set still rest on first running status or other states (elicit illness state for example: tri-state etc.).Simultaneously, utilize accelerometer periodically or monitor the position or the orientation of portable set continuously, in case wherein the position of portable set or directed being detected as are positioned at suitable position or orientation, then institute's requested operation can be restarted.If portable set is out of place or orientation reaches a preset time cycle, then institute's requested operation can be abandoned.Alternatively,, can produce notice, portable set is put into some position, so that finish institute's requested operation with the user who informs portable set at square frame 2405.Other operations also can be performed.
Other application based on accelerometer
According to another embodiment of the present invention, accelerometer can be used to detect and determine to carry the user's of the portable set that accelerometer wherein is housed activity.According to an embodiment, for example, be installed to accelerometer in the portable set that to be held by the user and can detect the user and when holding portable set, shake.In this embodiment, portable set can be digital multimedia player (a for example MP3 player).It may be repetitious being installed to the motion that the accelerometer of portable set can detect by the caused portable set of User Activity.
In response to detection, the repetition rate of the motion of portable set can be determined, and for example, controller and/or firmware by being connected to accelerometer are similar to the configuration shown in the accompanying drawing 1.In case the repetition rate of motion is determined, application software (for example the real-time play device of the windows media player of Microsoft or Real Networks (real player) etc.) can be adjusted the rhythm of the current content of multimedia of just being play by portable set, makes its determined motion repetition rate of coupling relatively.Therefore, for example, can adjust the speed of the current music of being play by the MP3 player, mate with relative with the user's who holds the MP3 player jitter rate.
In addition, according to another embodiment, the content of multimedia that is suitable for determined User Activity (for example jitter rate) most can further be selected and play to application software.In one embodiment, the user can dispose multimedia player by user interface, thereby can select and play the content of multimedia of some type under some environment.Therefore, when accelerometer and relevant controller and/or firmware detected the user and carrying out some type movable, the content of multimedia of correlation type can correspondingly be selected and be play.
Accompanying drawing 16 is to set forth the process flow diagram that is used for according to an embodiment of the invention based on the exemplary processes of accelerometer play multimedia content.Exemplary processes 1600 can be carried out by processing logic, and processing logic can comprise hardware (circuit, special logic etc.), software (such as the software that operates on the custom-built machine) or the combination of the two.With reference to accompanying drawing 16, at square frame 1601, utilize the accelerometer that is installed to portable set to detect the motion of portable set, wherein the cycle just repeats at regular intervals in the motion of portable set.At square frame 1602, based on the motion repetition rate of determining portable set by the exercise data that accelerometer provided.At square frame 1603, alternatively, has the selected and broadcast of digital multimedia content of the rhythm of relative coupling with determined repetition rate.At square frame 1604, the rhythm of the content of multimedia of current broadcast is adjusted with the determined motion repetition rate of relative coupling.Other operations also can be performed.
According to another embodiment of the present invention, accelerometer can be used to detect portable set and whether moving (for example being carried by the user) and portable set and whether should be placed in suitable running status.According to an embodiment, when portable set is in inactive state and detects portable set when mobile by the accelerometer that is installed to portable set, portable set can be placed in relatively low power consumption mode, such as for example park mode.For example, the laptop computer that closes of top cover can considered to be in inactive state.Because the top cover of laptop computer closes, so the user can not the active operation laptop computer.Alternatively, when the desktop of laptop computer was locked, it considered to be in inactive state.Other situations also can be considered to inactive state, and this can be that the user is configurable.Therefore, laptop computer can be placed in low-power consumption mode.In addition, if to be confirmed as be (the passing through accelerometer) of moving to laptop computer, it may be unsafe then writing any data to permanent storage appliance (for example hard disk drive).Therefore, the read/write head of permanent storage appliance can be parked to home, and not to the permanent storage appliance write data.
According to an embodiment, if based on determining that by the data that accelerometer provided that are installed to portable set portable set is in inactive state, and portable set is not mobile, then can make portable set enter park mode, wherein the content of system storage can be switched in the permanent storage appliance (for example hard disk drive).Because portable set does not move, be comparatively safe therefore to the permanent storage appliance write data.
Accompanying drawing 17 is the process flow diagrams of setting forth the exemplary processes of the power management that is used for portable set according to an embodiment of the invention.Exemplary processes 1700 can be carried out by processing logic, and processing logic can comprise hardware (circuit, special logic etc.), software (such as the software that operates on the custom-built machine) or the combination of the two.With reference to accompanying drawing 17,, determine whether portable set is in inactive state at square frame 1701.For example, when the top cover of portable set closes or its desktop when locked, portable set considered to be in inactive state.At square frame 1702, utilize the accelerometer that is installed to portable set to detect portable set to determine whether portable set is moving (for example whether portable set is carried by the user).At square frame 1703, if portable set is moving, then make portable set enter relatively low power consumption mode, and not the content exchange of system storage in permanent storage appliance.Otherwise, at square frame 1704,, arrive permanent storage appliance by content exchange with system storage if portable set moves, make portable set enter sleep pattern.Other operations also can be performed.
According to another embodiment of the present invention, in order to determine whether correctly to input password, whether accelerometer can be used to detect portable set and move according to specific direction.In one embodiment, when the user of portable set was prompted to input password, as the part of input password, the user must be towards one or several direction mobile portable equipment.The accelerometer that is installed to portable set can detect such motion, and direction of motion can be determined, for example, and by relevant controller and/or firmware.If direction of motion is mated predetermined direction relatively, think that then password is by correct " input ".
According to an optional embodiment, the user may be required the first of input password on portable set.Then, the user is required according to specific direction mobile portable equipment.After this, the user is required to input the second portion (for example remainder of password) of password.Therefore, the complete password of the composite construction of the special exercise of the password of input and portable set.Also can there be other configurations.
Accompanying drawing 18 is the process flow diagrams of setting forth the exemplary processes that is used to handle password according to an embodiment of the invention.Exemplary processes 1800 can be carried out by processing logic, and processing logic can comprise hardware (circuit, special logic etc.), software (such as the software that operates on the custom-built machine) or the combination of the two.With reference to accompanying drawing 18, at square frame 1801, the user is required to input password on portable set.In square frame 1802, utilize the accelerometer that is installed to portable set to detect portable set and whether be moved.At square frame 1803, based on determining direction of motion by the exercise data that accelerometer provided.At square frame 1804, determine whether portable set is moved according to predetermined direction.At square frame 1805, based on direction of motion and predetermined direction relative coupling whether, whether the issue prompting is to indicate password by correct " input ".Other operations also can be performed.
According to another embodiment of the present invention, accelerometer can be used to detect and write down a series of motions of portable set, wherein the exercise data that is write down subsequently (for example off-line) can be used to reappear motion history.In one embodiment, when portable set was moved in a period of time, the accelerometer that is installed to portable set detected and writes down such motion.In motion process, can be stored in by the exercise data that accelerometer write down in the memory device (for example hard disk drive) of portable set.Alternatively, exercise data can during movement be sent to remote equipment by network (for example wireless network).Subsequently, after motion, can utilize the exercise data that provides by accelerometer, the track of the motion that the reproduction expression is gone up during this period of time.
This is very useful when repainting the roller-coaster running orbit after the user wishes.For example, the user can carry the portable set that accelerometer is installed and take roller-coaster.During by bus, accelerometer can detect exercise data and they are stored in the memory device, or alternatively, accelerometer is sent to remote equipment to exercise data by network.After taking, exercise data can be used to reappear the track of roller-coaster operation.Roller-coaster just is used as an example, and above-mentioned technology can be applied to other occasions.For example, in order to draw other regional maps, the user who carries accelerometer can drive to those places and measure, and wherein accelerometer is installed to portable set or is installed on the automobile.Then, can utilize in startup procedure by the collected exercise data map making of accelerometer.
Accompanying drawing 19 is to set forth to be used to utilize accelerometer to reappear the process flow diagram of the exemplary processes of movement locus according to an embodiment of the invention.Exemplary processes 1900 can be carried out by processing logic, and processing logic can comprise hardware (circuit, special logic etc.), software (such as the software that operates on the custom-built machine) or the combination of the two.With reference to accompanying drawing 19,, utilize the accelerometer that is installed to portable set to detect a series of motions of portable set at square frame 1901.In above-mentioned example, automobile can be considered to portable set.In square frame 1902, the time between the direction of motion of each motion in this movement sequence and each motion is determined.At square frame 1903, information can be stored in the storer of portable set.Alternatively, information also can dynamically be transferred to remote equipment (for example wireless network) by network.Subsequently, at square frame 1904, can utilize the exercise data of being stored to reappear the track of expression motion history.Other operations also can be performed.
Utilize the motion compensation of accelerometer
According to another embodiment of the present invention, accelerometer can be used to detect the motion of portable set, and can use motion compensation in response to detecting.For example, the accelerometer that is installed to portable set can detect and use the user of portable set (for example reading the electronic document on the display screen that is presented at portable set) just to ride on the automobile that jolts.In response to detection, can carry out motion compensation to shown document, make electronic document can remain on relatively for the same position of user's eyes.
In one embodiment, can by suitably in the calculation display plane of assigning to from the signal quadrature that accelerometer received as the position of the display platform of the function of time.Subsequently, image is used as the vertical and conversion flatly of function of time on display screen, keeping the picture position fully fixing in the space, and with display plane in the motion of display irrelevant.Can be by represent such motion (for example, the abrupt motion such as jolting) by the relative higher frequency components of the exercise data that accelerometer provided.For prevent when automobile go up a hill and go down the hill or during pitch of the laps image frame out, the low frequency component of display motion-such as by the pace of automobile caused those-can not compensated.Equally, when on the platform that is jolting by bus, this technology also can be applied in the electronic game of playing by portable set.
Accompanying drawing 22 is the process flow diagrams of setting forth the exemplary processes of the motion compensation that is used to utilize accelerometer according to an embodiment of the invention.Exemplary processes can be carried out by processing logic, and processing logic can comprise hardware (circuit, special logic etc.), software (such as the software that operates on the custom-built machine) or the combination of the two.In one embodiment, exemplary processes comprises but is not only limited to the motion that utilizes the accelerometer that is installed to portable set to detect portable set, determine the direction of motion of portable set based on the exercise data that accelerometer provided, and adjust the position of shown object on the display screen of portable set, with the motion of compensation portable set, make adjusted display object keep same relatively position with respect to the user of portable set.
With reference to accompanying drawing 22,, utilize the accelerometer that is installed to portable set to detect the motion of portable set at square frame 2201.In one embodiment, according to position, detect motion as the function of time as the part of the exercise data that accelerometer provided.Exercise data can comprise the relative high frequency rate component of representing abrupt motion and the relative low frequency component of representing low-speed motion.At square frame 2202, in display plane, extract relative high frequency rate component in the exercise data (for example reducing the component motion of reading displayed document or observing people's visual sensitivity of rest image).At square frame 2203, the position of displayed document or image can be shifted based on the high frequency components of being extracted, with the high-frequency motion (for example abrupt motion) of compensation portable set.Therefore, for the user, shown document or image can be remained in the space relatively stablely.Other operations also can be performed.
Utilize the impulse detection and the application of accelerometer
According to another embodiment of the present invention, accelerometer can be used to detect the impact that the user applied of portable set.In one embodiment, this technology allows user to apply impact providing on the physical significance of controlled momentum transfer, as the input of the portable or fixed apparatus of application program.For example, these impacts can occur with the amplitude of impacting and direction starts pro rata or the deflection display screen on motion of objects.This will support recreation (for example billiard ball or other ball games) and education/engineering sounding (for example reaction of structure to knocking).
For example, the user can " rock " pointer by rapping the side of portable set on the display screen of portable set.The accelerometer that is installed to portable set can detect such power that causes the portable set motion.The direction of power and amplitude can be determined based on the exercise data that accelerometer provided.When being this function of application enabled, will make mouse pat wisp and its mode that slips over plane the preceding paragraph distance is moved to be similar to patting of equipment side.Equally, this technology can be used in multiple other application, such as for example video-game (for example golf, bowling, tennis etc.).
Accompanying drawing 23 is the process flow diagrams of setting forth the exemplary processes that is used for impulse detection according to an embodiment of the invention.Exemplary processes can be carried out by processing logic, and processing logic can comprise hardware (circuit, special logic etc.), software (such as the software that operates on the custom-built machine) or the combination of the two.In one embodiment, exemplary processes comprises but is not only limited in response to the power that is applied to portable set, utilization is installed to the motion of the accelerometer detection portable set of portable set, amplitude and direction based on the acceleration information computing power that accelerometer provided, and shown object moved to the second place from primary importance on the display screen of portable set, wherein determine direction and distance between the primary importance and the second place based on the amplitude of the power of being calculated and direction.
With reference to accompanying drawing 23, at square frame 2301, in response to patting on the portable set (for example the user claps the edge of portable set with have gentle hands), the accelerometer that is installed to portable set detects the function of 3-axis acceleration as the time.In square frame 2302, the time integral of the component by carrying out 3-axis acceleration is with the amplitude of the impact of the equipment of being delivered to calculated value pro rata.In one embodiment, can determine this value based on the integration of the absolute value of the vector of for example three components (for example X, Y and Z axis acceleration information) by acceleration and determined resulting acceleration.
At square frame 2303, determine owing to pat the direction of the impact that is delivered to portable set that portable set causes.In one embodiment, based on the exercise data that accelerometer provided, by microcontroller that is connected to accelerometer and/or firmware computes direction.In response to determined impact direction and amplitude, direction and distance ground that application software makes shown object be relevant to determined impact relatively move a certain distance with certain direction.Shown object can be a pointer.Alternatively, shown object can be the structure of ball, the bowling in the bowling, the racket in the tennis or ball plate, observation deformation and/or dynamics motion in billiard ball or marble etc.Above-mentioned technology also can be applied to other similar application type, and this is apparent to those skilled in the art.
The exemplary portable device of band accelerometer
Accompanying drawing 20 is the block diagrams of setting forth the exemplary portable device that has accelerometer according to an embodiment of the invention.For example, example system 2000 can be represented the part (for example subsystem) of the example system 2100 of example system 100 shown in the accompanying drawing 1 or accompanying drawing 21 at least.With reference to accompanying drawing 20, example system 2000 comprises one or more accelerometers 2001, one or more microcontroller 2002, host chipset 2003 and one or more peripherals 2006, and wherein host chipset 2003 can be connected to video adapter 2004 and audio frequency apparatus 2005.
In one embodiment, accelerometer 2001 is three axis accelerometers that acceleration information on X, Y and the Z axle can be provided.Accelerometer is the electromechanical micromachine that is encapsulated in the chip assembly.It provides three tunnel simulation outputs (for example X, Y and Z axle), and the value of these simulation outputs is with directly proportional along the measured acceleration of the corresponding axis in the three dimensions.In one embodiment, accelerometer 2001 can be the KGF01 accelerometer of Kionix company or the ADXL311 of Analog Devices Inc.
Microcontroller 2002 is responsible for monitoring the simulation output of accelerometer 2001, and by chipset 2003 and main-machine communication.In one embodiment, by I2C bus 2007 and interrupt line 2008 microcontroller 2002 is connected to host chipset 2003.Alternatively, microcontroller 2002 can be integrated with host chipset 2003.In one embodiment, microcontroller 2002 can be the PCI 16F818 microcontroller of Microchip (little core) company.
According to an embodiment, when accelerometer 2001 detects portable set when mobile, microcontroller 2002 receives the 3-axis acceleration information from accelerometer 2001, and by interrupt line notice main frame.In response, exercise data can be read from microcontroller 2002 by 12C bus 2007.In one embodiment, microcontroller 2002 can be determined direction of motion based on the 3-axis acceleration information that is received from accelerometer 2001.Alternatively, host chipset can be carried out such operation.In one embodiment, the amplitude of the resulting acceleration of all these three axles can be determined according to following formula:
Mag(Acceleration resultant)＝Sq?rt(X accel 2+Y accel 2+Z accel 2)
In response to the amplitude of the acceleration of determining, one or more software components (for example application software, firmware and operating system etc.) of carrying out in example system 2000 can be carried out specific operation, for example above-mentioned those operations among the application.For example, the orientation of shown image can be adjusted by video adapter, and sound effect can be adjusted by audio frequency apparatus 2005 etc.In addition, one or more peripherals 2006-such as for example hard disk drive-can correspondingly be disposed.Other configuration also can exist.
The example data disposal system
Accompanying drawing 21 is block schemes of the digital processing system that can use together with one embodiment of the present of invention.For example, the system shown in the accompanying drawing 21 2100 can be used as the example system shown in accompanying drawing 1 and 20.
Note, though accompanying drawing 21 has been represented the various assemblies of computer system, do not plan to represent any certain architectures or component interconnect mode, because these details and the present invention do not have substantial connection.Also should be appreciated that network computer, handheld computer, cell phone, multimedia player and assembly can be arranged still less or may be able to have more other data handling systems of multicompartment and also can use with the present invention.For example, the computer system of accompanying drawing 21 can be Apple macintosh computer or IBM compatible computer.
As shown in Figure 21, comprise bus 2102, volatibility RAM2105 and nonvolatile memory 2106 as a kind of computer system 2100 of data handling system, wherein bus 2102 is connected to microprocessor 2103 and ROM 2107.Can be that for example Motorola (Motorola) company or the PowerPC G4 of IBM Corporation or the microprocessor 2103 of PowerPC G5 microprocessor are connected to cache memory 2104, as shown in the example of accompanying drawing 21.Bus 2102 is connected to each other these different parts together, and also these parts 2103,2107,2105,2106 are connected to each other display controller and display device 2108, and being connected to I/O (I/O) equipment 2110, input-output device can be mouse, keyboard, modulator-demodular unit, network interface, printer and other equipment as known in the art.Usually, input-output apparatus 2110 is connected to system by i/o controller 2109.Volatibility RAM 2105 is implemented as usually needs the dynamic ram (DRAM) of power supply to refresh or to keep the data in the storer continuously.Nonvolatile memory 2106 is generally magnetic hard disk drives, magneto optical driver, CD drive or DVD RAM or other type even storage system also kept data after power supply is by removal from system.Usually, nonvolatile memory also is a random access memory, although this does not need.Though it is the local device that is directly connected to other parts of data handling system that accompanying drawing 21 has shown nonvolatile memory, but should be appreciated that, the present invention can utilize the nonvolatile memory away from system, such as by network interface-such as modulator-demodular unit or Ethernet interface-the be connected to network storage equipment of data handling system.Bus 2102 can comprise by various bridges, controller and/or adapter one or more bus connected to one another, as known in the art.In one embodiment, I/O controller 2109 comprises the USB adapter that is used to control USB (USB (universal serial bus)) peripherals.Alternatively, I/O controller 2109 can comprise the IEEE-1394 adapter that is used to control FireWire devices, and the IEEE-1394 adapter is also referred to as the FireWire adapter.Miscellaneous part also can be comprised.
Therefore, be used to utilize the method and apparatus of accelerometer operation portable set to be described.In aforementioned specification, the present invention has been described with reference to concrete exemplary embodiment.But obviously can carry out various modifications and can not deviate from determined the spirit and scope of the invention in following claims it.Correspondingly, instructions and accompanying drawing will be regarded as the meaning of graphic extension, rather than the meaning of restriction.

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1. method comprises:
On the display of portable set, show a series of images towards the conversion of the direction from first scene to second scene from user's viewpoint;
The accelerometer that utilization is installed to described portable set detects the motion of described portable set; And
In response to the motion that detects described portable set, carry out one or more predetermined action, comprising:
Whether the motion that detects described portable set is with consistent with the direction of the directional correlation connection of seeing described conversion from user's viewpoint; And
If the direction that joins according to the directional correlation with described conversion does not detect motion, then carry out scheduled operation.
2. method according to claim 1 also comprises:
Based on the exercise data that described accelerometer provided, determine described travel direction; And
Determined travel direction is compared with predetermined direction, to determine determined direction mate relative whether, so that carry out machine executable code with described predetermined direction.
3. method according to claim 1, wherein said scheduled operation comprises one of following operation: causes the vibration of described portable set, produces audible alarm, and the combination of vibration and audible alarm.
4. method according to claim 1 also comprises:
Based on by the exercise data that described accelerometer provided, determine the acceleration of the motion of described portable set; And
Adjust the demonstration of described a series of images with relative related acceleration with the acceleration of described motion.
5. method according to claim 1, wherein said a series of images are represented the activity scene of video-game, and described portable set is represented to see motion object towards described moving scene from the user's that holds described portable set viewpoint.
6. portable set comprises:
Processor;
Display;
Be connected to the storer of described processor, store instruction in the described storer; And
Be connected to the accelerometer of described processor and described storer, be used to detect the motion of described portable set, wherein
Described processor is configured to show from user's viewpoint a series of images towards the conversion of the direction from first scene to second scene on described display, and described processor is configured to carry out one or more predetermined actions in response to the motion that detects described portable set, comprising:
Whether the motion that detects described portable set is with consistent with the direction of the directional correlation connection of seeing described conversion from user's viewpoint; And
If the direction that joins according to the directional correlation with described conversion does not detect motion, then carry out scheduled operation.
7. equipment comprises:
Be used on the display of portable set, showing the device of a series of images towards the conversion of the direction from first scene to second scene from user's viewpoint;
Be used to utilize the accelerometer that is installed to described portable set to detect the device of the motion of described portable set; And
Be used for carrying out the device of one or more predetermined action, comprise in response to the motion that detects described portable set:
The motion that is used to detect described portable set whether with the consistent device of direction of the directional correlation connection of seeing described conversion from user's viewpoint; And
If be used for not detecting motion, then carry out the device of scheduled operation according to the direction that the directional correlation with described conversion joins.
8. method comprises:
The accelerometer that utilization is installed to portable set detects the motion of described portable set;
Based on by the exercise data that described accelerometer provided, determine that described portable set is in described post exercise orientation;
Based on by the exercise data that described accelerometer provided, determine whether described portable set is held by the user after described motion;
Based on the orientation of described portable set, predict that described user is used to grip the position of the hand of described portable set; And
Start not at least one interface in the position of the user's who is predicted hand.
9. method according to claim 8 also comprises:
Start at least one interface that is suitable for given definite orientation most of described portable set; And
Alternatively, at least one interface that is not suitable for given definite orientation of the described portable set of de-energisation.
10. method according to claim 8 also comprises de-energisation at least one interface in described predicted position.
11. method according to claim 8, wherein said at least one interface comprises one or more wireless transceivers.
12. want 11 described methods according to right, further comprise:
Startup is with at least one wireless transceiver of strong relatively signal communication; And
Alternatively, de-energisation at least one wireless transceiver to communicate by letter than weak signal relatively.
13. an equipment comprises:
Be used to utilize the accelerometer that is installed to portable set to detect the device of the motion of described portable set;
Be used for determining the device of described portable set in described post exercise orientation based on by the exercise data that described accelerometer provided;
Be used for based on by the exercise data that described accelerometer provided, determine the device whether after described motion described portable set is held by the user;
Be used for orientation, predict that described user is used to grip the device of position of the hand of described portable set based on described portable set; And
The device that is used to start not at least one interface in the position of the user's who is predicted hand.
14. a portable set comprises:
Accelerometer;
Be connected to the processor of described accelerometer; With
Be connected to the storer that is used for storage instruction of described processor, described instruction makes operation below the described processor execution when described storer is performed:
Utilize described accelerometer to detect the motion of described portable set;
Based on by the exercise data that described accelerometer provided, determine that described portable set is in described post exercise orientation;
Based on by the exercise data that described accelerometer provided, determine whether described portable set is held by the user after described motion;
Based on the orientation of described portable set, predict that described user is used to grip the position of the hand of described portable set; And
Start not at least one interface in the position of the user's who is predicted hand.
15. a method comprises:
Utilize accelerometer to determine whether portable set moves;
Based on the exercise data that described accelerometer provided, determine the motor pattern of described portable set;
Based on the motor pattern of described portable set, select media content; And
Play selected media content via described portable set.
16. method according to claim 15 determines that wherein the motor pattern of described portable set comprises:
Based on the exercise data that described accelerometer provided, determine the repetition rate of the motion of described portable set; And
Based on the repetition rate of determined described motion, play described media content.
17. method according to claim 16 also comprises the rhythm of adjusting described media content, with the repetition rate of the described motion of relative coupling.
18. method according to claim 15 also comprises and selects and play the media content that has with the characteristic of the relative coupling of motor pattern of described portable set.
19. an equipment comprises:
Be used to utilize accelerometer to determine the device whether portable set is moving;
The exercise data that provides based on described accelerometer is provided, determines the device of the motor pattern of described portable set;
Be used for motor pattern, select the device of media content based on described portable set; And
Be used for playing the device of selected media content via described portable set.
20. a portable set comprises:
Accelerometer;
Be connected to the processor of described accelerometer; And
Be connected to the storer that is used for storage instruction of described processor, described instruction makes operation below the described processor execution when described storer is performed:
Utilize described accelerometer to determine whether described portable set moves;
Based on the exercise data that described accelerometer provided, determine the motor pattern of described portable set;
Based on the motor pattern of described portable set, select media content; And
Play selected media content via described portable set.
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