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US 2011/0298919 A1Published application
Apparatus Using an Accelerometer to Determine a Point of View for Capturing Photographic Images
OwnerChad L. Maglaqueinventor
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Abstract
Methods and apparatuses for operating an electronic device based on an accelerometer to capture photographic images with a camera integrated into the display screen are described.
Claims18
An electronic device, comprising:
- a processor;
- a display;
- a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having instructions stored therein;
- and an accelerometer coupled to the processor and the memory to detect movement of the electronic device, wherein the processor executes instructions from the memory to perform one or more predetermined user configurable actions in response to the detection of the movement of the electronic device, including detecting whether the movement of the electronic device is in accordance with a direction associated with the direction of the transition from the viewpoint of the user, and performing a predetermined operation if the movement is not detected in accordance with a direction associated with the direction of the transition.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- means for detecting movement of an electronic device using an accelerometer attached to the electronic device;
- and means for executing machine-executable code to perform one or more predetermined user configurable actions in response to the detection of the movement of the electronic device, including means for detecting whether the movement of the electronic device is in accordance with a direction associated with the direction of the transition from the viewpoint of the user, and means for performing a predetermined operation if the movement is not detected in accordance with a direction associated with the direction of the transition.
A method, comprising:
- detecting movement of the electronic device using an accelerometer attached to the electronic device;
- and executing machine-executable code to perform one or more predetermined user configurable actions in response to the detection of the movement of the electronic device, including detecting whether the movement of the electronic device is in accordance with a direction associated with the direction of the transition from the viewpoint of the user, and performing a predetermined operation if the movement is not detected in accordance with a direction associated with the direction of the transition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.