Mobile terminal and event processing method
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsKyu-Ok CHOI, Won-Chul BANG
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Abstract
Provided is a mobile terminal having a sensor detecting movement thereof and an event processing method. The mobile terminal includes: an orientation detector for monitoring, in response to detection of an event, movement of the mobile terminal for a preset time duration to identify an orientation of the mobile terminal; and a controller for processing the event in an operating mode corresponding to the identified orientation. As a result, the user can readily switch operating modes of the mobile terminal by changing orientations thereof.
Claims20
A portable communication device comprising:
- a display visually exposed through at least part of a specified surface of the portable communication device;
- a sensor;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- present a notification signal with respect to an incoming event;
- detect, via the sensor, a motion of the portable communication device while the notification signal is presented;
- determine that the specified surface faces downward based at least in part on the detected motion;
- and
- adjust the notification signal based at least in part on the determining.
A portable communication device comprising:
- a speaker;
- a sensor to obtain an orientation of the portable communication device;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- output, via the speaker, an audio signal in response to an incoming event;
- determine that the orientation is changed from a first orientation to a second orientation, while the audio signal is output;
- and
- adjust a volume of the audio signal based at least in part on the determining,
- wherein a front surface of the portable communication device faces downward in the second orientation.
A portable communication device comprising:
- a display visually exposed through at least part of a specified surface of the portable communication device;
- a sensor to obtain an orientation of the portable communication device;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- present a notification signal with respect to an incoming event;
- determine that the orientation is changed from a first orientation to a second orientation, while the notification signal is presented;
- and
- adjust the notification signal based at least in part on the determining,
- wherein the specified surface faces upward in the first orientation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.