Methods and apparatuses for operating a portable device based on an accelerometer

A portable device, accelerometer technology, applied in the direction of input/output of user/computer interaction, calculation, input/output process of data processing, etc.

Inactive Publication Date: 2010-11-24
APPLE INC
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However, there are no applications where accelerometers are used in conjunction with executable software in a computer

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[0044] This specification describes methods and apparatus for operating portable devices based on accelerometers. According to certain embodiments, accelerometers have been used in portable devices such as, for example, laptop computers, touch screen PCs, personal digital assistants (PDAs), cellular phones, and digital multimedia players, among others. Once the accelerometer detects the motion of the portable device, the direction of motion, also known as the motion vector or acceleration vector, is determined based on the motion data provided by the accelerometer. The direction of motion and / or motion data may be provided to a software component (eg, application software) executing in the portable device. In response to detecting motion of the portable device, a corresponding software component performs one or more predetermined user-configurable actions based on the direction of motion and / or motion data provided by the accelerometer, such as, for example, advancing a page o...

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Methods and apparatuses for operating a portable device based on an accelerometer are described. According to one embodiment of the invention, it is determined whether a portable device is moving using an accelerometer arranged on the portable device. Machine-executable codes are executed in the portable device based on movement data provided by the accelerometer so as to perform one or more preconcerted user-controllable operation(s). Other methods and apparatuses are also described.

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[0001] This application is a divisional application of an invention patent application with an application date of January 27, 2005, an application number of 200580006827.2 (PCT / US2005 / 003599), and an invention title of "Method and Device for Operating Portable Devices Based on Accelerometer". [0002] related application [0003] This application is a continuation-in-part (CIP) of co-pending U.S. Patent Application No. 10 / 890,856, filed July 13, 2004, which is a co-pending U.S. Patent Application No. 10 / 890,856, filed January 21, 2003. Pending U.S. Patent Application No. 10 / 348,465, now U.S. Patent No. 6,768,066, a continuation of co-pending U.S. Patent Application No. 09 / 678,541, filed October 2, 2000, now U.S. Divisional application of Patent No. 6,520,013. [0004] This application is also a continuation-in-part (CIP) of co-pending US Patent Application Serial No. 10 / 791,495, filed March 1,2004. The above-mentioned US patent applications are hereby incorporated by referenc...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): G06F3/033G06F1/16G06F3/0484G06F3/0488
CPCG06F3/01
Inventor 保罗·J.·维拉恩伯格阿罗恩·列巴理查德·C.·威廉姆斯大卫·R.·法尔肯伯格路易斯·G.·格巴格雷·L.·常
Owner APPLE INC
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