Automatic adjustment of operating characteristics of mobile electronic devices
AssigneeLiveWired, LLC
InventorsMark Baldi, Michael Lamb, Brett Worthington
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for automatically adjusting of one or more operating characteristics of a mobile electronic device. When a mobile electronic device is recording video, a user interface of the mobile electronic device is automatically adjusted in response to determining that the mobile electronic device has been physically manipulated in one or more particular ways. For example, a touch screen may be dimmed while the mobile electronic device is recording video and the mobile electronic device determines that it has been raised above a user's head.
Claims18
A mobile electronic device, comprising:
- a camera;
- a user interface;
- a memory for storing processor-executable instructions;
- and
- a processor coupled to the camera, the user interface and the memory, for executing the processor-executable instructions that causes the processor to:
- determine that the mobile electronic device is at a live event;
- receive a command from the user interface to begin video recording via the camera;
- after receiving the command to begin recording, determine that the mobile electronic device has been intentionally physically manipulated in a predetermined manner;
- and
- in response to determining that the mobile electronic is at the live event and that the device has been intentionally physically manipulated in the predetermined manner, and while the mobile electronic device is recording, automatically reduce a brightness of the user interface.
A method performed by a mobile electronic device, comprising:
- determining that the mobile electronic device is at a live event;
- receiving, by a processor of the mobile electronic device, a command via a user interface coupled to the processor to begin a video recording via a camera of the mobile electronic device coupled to the processor;
- after receiving the command to begin recording, determining, by the processor, that the mobile electronic device has been intentionally physically manipulated in accordance with a predetermined manner;
- and
- in response to determining that the mobile electronic device is at the live event, and determining that the mobile electronic device has been intentionally physically manipulated in the predetermined manner, dimming, by the processor, a user interface of the mobile electronic device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.