# US 10,372,313 B2 · Mobile cellular telephone with a display that is controlled partly by an incline sensor

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- Number: US 10,372,313 B2
- Document ID: US10372313B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 10/572,710
- Filed: 2003-09-17
- Published: 2007-03-22
- Granted: 2019-08-06
- Earliest claimed: 2003-09-17
- Assignees: Conversant Wireless Licensing S.a r.l.
- Applicants: Dong Zhu; Franco Montebovi
- Inventors: Dong Zhu; Franco Montebovi
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10372313B2

## CPC

- G06F 3/0485: Scrolling or panning
- G06F 1/1626: {with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]}
- G06F 1/1694: {the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer}
- G06F 3/048: Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
- G06F 2200/1637: Sensing arrangement for detection of housing movement or orientation, e.g. for controlling scrolling or cursor movement on the display of an handheld computer
- H04M 2250/12: including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08)

## Abstract

A mobile cellular telephone including an incline sensor arranged to detect inclination of the mobile telephone in a first plane. The mobile cellular telephone has an inclinometer mode, in which a processor receives an indication of the detected incline in the first plane from the incline sensor and controls a display to display an item at a position dependent upon the received indication. A mobile cellular telephone including first incline sensor means for detecting inclination of the mobile telephone when in a first orientation and second incline sensor means for detecting inclination of the mobile telephone when in a second orientation. The mobile cellular telephone has an inclinometer mode, in which a processor determines an approximate orientation of the mobile telephone from inputs from the first and second incline sensor means and automatically controls the display to display an item at a position representative of the incline for the determined orientation.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A mobile cellular telephone comprising:
a processor configured to control the operation of the mobile cellular telephone and a display of the mobile cellular telephone; and
an incline sensor configured to detect inclination of the mobile telephone in a first plane, wherein the mobile cellular telephone has an inclinometer mode, in which the processor is configured to receive an indication of the detected incline in the first plane from the incline sensor and control the display to display, to a user of the mobile telephone, a bar and an item, at a position within the bar, dependent upon the received indication, wherein the position of the item within the bar provides an indication to the user of the incline of the mobile cellular telephone in the first plane, and wherein the processor is configured to position the item at a central location within the bar when the inclination of the mobile cellular telephone in the first plane is substantially zero, and wherein the display has a first area and the bar has a second area, the second area being smaller than the first area, and wherein the mobile cellular telephone is configured to be useable as a practical tool.