Enabling device features according to gesture input
AssigneeLenovo (Singapore) Pte, Ltd.
InventorsRussell Speight VanBlon, John Carl Mese, Nathan J. Peterson, Rod D. Waltermann, Arnold S. Weksler
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Abstract
A method, apparatus, and program product are disclosed for determining an initial position of an electronic device using a positioning sensor located on the electronic device, detecting, based on movement away from the initial position, a gesture using a gesture detector located on the electronic device, and enabling a feature of the electronic device in response to the detected gesture being a feature-enabling gesture.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- determining an initial position of an electronic device using a positioning sensor located on the electronic device;
- detecting, based on movement away from the initial position, a gesture using a gesture detector located on the electronic device;
- and
- enabling a feature of the electronic device in response to the detected gesture being a feature-enabling gesture.
An apparatus comprising:
- a processor;
- a positioning sensor operably coupled to the processor;
- a memory that stores machine readable code executable by the processor;
- a setup module that determines an initial position of an electronic device using the positioning sensor located on the electronic device;
- a gesture module that detects, based on movement away from the initial position, a gesture using a gesture detector located on the electronic device;
- and
- a feature module that enables a feature of the electronic device in response to the detected gesture being a feature-enabling gesture.
A program product comprising a computer readable storage medium storing machine readable code executable by a processor to perform:
- determining an initial position of an electronic device using a positioning sensor located on the electronic device;
- detecting, based on movement away from the initial position, a gesture using a gesture detector located on the electronic device;
- and
- enabling a feature of the electronic device in response to the detected gesture being a feature-enabling gesture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.