Mobile device with an inclinometer
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsTHOMAS E. KILPATRICK, II, Sten Jorgen Ludvig Dahl, Patrik N. Lundqvist
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Abstract
A method is disclosed that includes detecting a change in an inclination at a panel of an electronic device. The panel has a display surface. The method also includes detecting a rotation of the panel from a first orientation to a second orientation. The method also includes automatically redrawing an image displayed at the display surface responsive to the rotation when the change in the inclination of the panel does not exceed a threshold during the rotation.
Claims26
An electronic device comprising:
- a first panel having a first display surface;
- a second panel having a second display surface;
- a third panel having a third display surface, wherein the first panel is rotatably coupled to a first edge of the second panel and wherein the third panel is rotatably coupled to a second edge of the second panel;
- an inclinometer located at the second panel and configured to detect a change in an inclination of the second panel;
- an accelerometer offset from a center of the second panel to detect a rotation of the second panel from a landscape orientation to a portrait orientation;
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- a processor configured to execute at least one software application having a graphical user interface, the processor responsive to the inclinometer and responsive to the accelerometer to redraw an image displayed at the first display surface, the second display surface, the third display surface, or any combination thereof, from a landscape-type display of the image to a portrait-type display of the image when the first panel, the second panel, and the third panel are in at least one predetermined folding configuration and the change in the inclination of the second panel does not exceed a threshold during the rotation of the second panel.
A method comprising:
- detecting a change in an inclination at a panel of an electronic device, the panel having a display surface;
- detecting a rotation of the panel from a first orientation to a second orientation;
- and
- automatically redrawing an image displayed at the display surface responsive to the rotation when the change in the inclination of the panel does not exceed a threshold during the rotation.
An apparatus comprising:
- means for detecting a change in an inclination at a panel of an electronic device, the panel having a display surface;
- means for detecting a rotation of the panel from a landscape orientation to a portrait orientation;
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- means for automatically redrawing an image displayed at the display surface responsive to the detected rotation when the change in the inclination of the panel does not exceed a threshold during the rotation.
A computer readable medium storing computer executable code comprising:
- code for detecting a change in an inclination at a panel of an electronic device, the panel having a display surface;
- code for detecting a rotation of the panel from a landscape orientation to a portrait orientation;
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- code for automatically redrawing an image displayed at the display surface responsive to the detected rotation when the change in the inclination of the panel does not exceed a threshold during the rotation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.