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US 2010/0136957 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for determining a user input from inertial sensors
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsSamuel Jacob Horodezky, Leonid Sheynblat, Scott Alan Leazenby
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Abstract
A system and method for determining a user input based on movements of a mobile device. In a particular implementation, angular movement of the mobile device about at least one axis of a linear plane is detected. Linear movement of the mobile device along at least one axis of the linear plane is also detected. Finally, a user input is determined based on the detection of the angular movement and the detection of the linear movement.
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A method, comprising:
- detecting angular movement of a mobile device about at least one axis of a linear plane;
- detecting linear movement of said mobile device along at least one axis of said linear plane;
- and
- determining a user input based on the detection of said angular movement and the detection of said linear movement.
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An mobile device, comprising:
- at least one sensor to detect angular movement of a mobile device about at least one axis of a linear plane and linear movement of said mobile device along at least one axis of said linear plane;
- and
- a processor to determine a user input based on the detection of said angular movement and the detection of said linear movement.
An apparatus, comprising:
- detection means for detecting angular movement of a mobile device about at least one axis of a linear plane and linear movement of said mobile device along at least one axis of said linear plane;
- and
- processing means for determining a user input based on the detection of said angular movement and the detection of said linear movement.
An article comprising:
- a storage medium comprising machine-readable instructions stored thereon which, if executed by a computing platform, are adapted to enable the computing platform to:
- detect angular movement of a mobile device about at least one axis of a linear plane;
- detect linear movement of said mobile device along at least one axis of said linear plane;
- and
- determine a user input based on the detection of said angular movement and the detection of said linear movement.
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