Mobile Terminal Acceleration Sensor Recording Trigger
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional mobile terminals require cumbersome operations to initiate recording functions during calls, leading to delays and potential missed important information due to limited button space on touch screens.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus that detect acceleration to automatically initiate recording functions in mobile terminals, allowing users to start recording by shaking the device, which determines the type of recording (audio or video) based on the device's state and thresholds, and manages recording and saving processes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a communication recording function button is provided on the housing of the mobile terminal, then the user can swiftly initiate the call recording function, but the number of buttons on the housing is limited and it is very difficult to separately provide a button for the recording function which is seldom used
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the mechanical button system with an acceleration sensor-based detection system. Instead of requiring a physical button press, the system detects specific acceleration patterns (such as shaking or dropping motions) to automatically trigger recording functions, thereby eliminating the need for additional physical buttons while maintaining quick initiation capability
Solution Approach 2:
The mobile terminal uses its own acceleration sensor to detect user intentions for recording. The device serves itself by automatically initiating recording when it detects specific motion patterns, eliminating the need for separate control buttons and reducing device complexity while improving operational ease
2Ease of operation
If the user switches the mobile phone to desktop and finds recording software to initiate recording, then the recording function can be initiated, but the course is fussy and impacts on normal communication and delays the start of recording
Solution Approach 1:
The acceleration sensor continuously monitors device motion in advance, so when the user intends to record (by making a specific motion), the system is already prepared and can immediately trigger recording without requiring the user to navigate through menus or switch applications, thus eliminating time loss
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the manual navigation and software initiation process with an automated sensor-based system that detects user intent through acceleration patterns and automatically starts recording, making the process convenient and instantaneous
3Reliability
If the recording function is initiated through conventional methods, then the recording can start, but important contents which need to be recorded may be missed due to delay
Solution Approach 1:
The system continuously monitors acceleration data in advance, so when the user makes a recording-intent motion, the recording function is immediately triggered without delay, ensuring that important content is captured completely and reliably
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables quick and automatic initiation of recording functions without additional buttons, ensuring timely capture of information during calls or accidents, with options for saving and sending recorded data.
Implementation Method 1
detecting an acceleration of the mobile terminal; determining whether the acceleration reaches a preset acceleration threshold
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AI summary
Disclosed are a method and device for recording information in a mobile terminal. The method can include: detecting the acceleration of a mobile terminal; judging whether the acceleration reaches a preset threshold; and if the acceleration reaches the preset acceleration threshold, starting a recording function of the mobile terminal to record information. By means of the present invention, quick starting of a recording function can be realized without adding a special key on the limited shell area of a mobile terminal, which facilitates application in a touchscreen mobile terminal. In light of a user, if starting a recording function is desired, a mobile terminal can be forcibly shaken, and then the recording function can start automatically, without the user needing to look up related software in a user interface to perform operations such as starting, ensuring a fast operation.